Ngaio Marsh (Over 6,500 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Colour Scheme is set during World War II at a mud-baths resort in New Zealand run by Colonel Claire. His business is on the brink of being taken over by a local blowhard who may be a Nazi spy. Inspector Alleyn has been sent to the resort to sort things out. But he's in disguise, and even the canniest readers will have trouble picking him out from the resort's motley cast of characters.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Accidental death-by-dart, or murder? At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the tap-room. After an evening of friendly darts and vintage brandy, a distinguished, although amorous, barrister is in no condition to drive--or walk. The poor fellow's expired, leaving one less lawyer in the world. Everyone in the cozy pub swears that the untimely death was caused by a dart that punctured the victim's finger. But to inspector Roderick Alleyn, the accident was really a case of murder. A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare, and a Devonshire farmer all play their parts in the unraveling of the problem.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The good ship Cape Farewell is steaming out to sea, with a passenger-list and crew fairly littered with the shifty, the twitchy, the peculiar, and the up-to-no-good. Arguably the up-to-no-goodest is a strangler with a romantic streak: He likes to leave his ladies with a flower and a charming little song. Alleyn boards the Cape at Portsmouth, determined that no one else is going to get strangled on his watch.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ng'ombwana is a (fictional) African nation to have emerged in the wake of colonialism; as it happens, its President is Inspector Alleyn's old school chum, the Boomer. Old school ties being what they are, the Boomer--making an official visit to London--insists that Alleyn handle his security, rather than Her Majesty's Special Branch. The Special Branch is not best pleased about this, as the Boomer is known to have some very deadly enemies, and the threats only increase when the Ng'ombwanan ambassador is killed. Happily for the Boomer, not only is Alleyn up to the task, but he is assisted by the rescued cat Lucy Lockett, who may have lost her pocket but proves extremely adept at finding clues.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The elderly Emily Pride is perfectly pleased to have inherited an island, even if her starchy pragmatism is ever-so-faintly appalled by the Pixie Falls spring and its reported miraculous healing properties. But really, the locals' attempts to capitalize on the miracles are entirely too tacky--Ye Olde Gift Shoppe, the neon signs.not on Miss Emily's watch, thank you. Of course, the locals are not exactly thrilled to give up their trade (Pixie Falls may be merely be known for healing warts, it's true, but you take your shillings where you can find them). Could their frustration have bubbled up into murderous rage? Inspector Alleyn will have to sort it out. And this time, it's personal.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to date confined his investigations to England, but Vintage Murder finds him journeying to New Zealand (Ngaio Marsh's homeland). Traveling with Alleyn are the members of the Carolyn Dacres English Comedy Company.  The actors' operatic intrigues offer an amusing diversion until, unexpectedly, they turn deadly. And Alleyn learns - not for the last time - that while he may be able to leave his badge back in Blighty, he's still a policeman, even on the other side of the world. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. For one unlucky Member of Parliament, a simple visit to the hospital (the nursing home of the title) proves fatal. But as Inspector Alleyn will discover, any number of people had reason to help the gentleman to his just reward, including the sour surgeon, his besotted nurse, a resentful wife, and a cabinet full of political rivals.…

Condition: Fair. In this thrilling yarn, the art of detection gets clouded by desire. It was a bizarre pose for beautiful model Sonia Gluck--and her last. For in the draperies of her couch lay a fatal dagger, and behind her murder lies all the intrigue and acid-etched temperament of an artist's colony. Called in to investigate, Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn thinks this is just another routine case.for now. The model was killed in full view of the entire class, making everyone in it a suspect. Then there's the matter of a second murder. As if he didn't have enough on his plate, before he can corner the killer Alleyn finds his own passions unexpectedly stirred by the feisty painter Agatha Troy--brilliant artist and suspected murderess. And Agatha has nothing but scorn for the art of detection.…

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Nu Erth is a creature birthed all alone on a world that he knows nothing about, given a quest by a strange voice to name every creature and thing that Nu Erth sees. Nu Erth takes off on adventures to do the quest given to him by this strange voice from a sphere of light. Along with the quest, Nu Erth is also given the ability to use knowledge of any and all magic by the strange voice. Yet Nu Erth must discover what magic is first.Oh, and did we forget to mention that Nu Erth is the only hatchling dragon of his kind on the new world where he is birthed? Being the only hatchling dragon of his kind on this new world, What awaits Nu Erth as he begins his adventures to do the quest given to him by the strange voice from the sphere of light? Does Nu Erth make any friends along his adventures? Does Nu Erth meet other hatchling dragons or even dragons of his own kind? Only Nu Erth Adventures can tell you that and what awaits our hatchling dragon. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. Nu Erth is a creature birthed all alone on a world that he knows nothing about, given a quest by a strange voice to name every creature and thing that Nu Erth sees. Nu Erth takes off on adventures to do the quest given to him by this strange voice from a sphere of light. Along with the quest, Nu Erth is also given the ability to use knowledge of any and all magic by the strange voice. Yet Nu Erth must discover what magic is first.Oh, and did we forget to mention that Nu Erth is the only hatchling dragon of his kind on the new world where he is birthed? Being the only hatchling dragon of his kind on this new world, What awaits Nu Erth as he begins his adventures to do the quest given to him by the strange voice from the sphere of light? Does Nu Erth make any friends along his adventures? Does Nu Erth meet other hatchling dragons or even dragons of his own kind? Only Nu Erth Adventures can tell you that and what awaits our hatchling dragon. …

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