Light Thickens

Marsh, Ngaio

ISBN 10: 0006167934 / ISBN 13: 9780006167938

Published by Fontana Paperbacks, 1984

About this Item

First edition UK paperback, 1984 Fontana Paperbacks. The book is in very good condition. Slight lean to the spine.

Seller Inventory # 6727

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Light Thickens
• Publisher: Fontana Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006167934
• ISBN 13: 9780006167938
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

"Light Thickens" is Ngaio Marsh's last crime novel, completed shortly before her death in 1982. She wrote over 25 detective novels. She was also an actor and producer and was instrumental in the revival of New Zealand's interest in the theatre for which she was made a Dame in 1966.

About the Author

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.