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Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn #9)
Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn #9)

by Ngaio Marsh

As Luke Watchman drove across Otterbrook Bridge the setting sun shone full in his eyes.

1940 39 ed.
Light thickens
Light thickens

by Ngaio Marsh

PEREGRINE JAY heard the stage door at the Dolphin open and shut and the sound of voices.

1982 19 ed.
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)

by Ngaio Marsh

ON MAY 25TH Arthur Surbonadier, whose real name was Arthur Simes, went to visit his uncle, Jacob Saint, whose real name ...

1935 36 ed.
Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)
Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)

by Ngaio Marsh

On a pouring wet Sunday night in December of last year a special meeting was held at the House of the Sacred Flame in Kn...

1936 33 ed.
Scales of Justice
Scales of Justice

by Ngaio Marsh

Nurse Kettle pushed her bicycle to the top of Watt's Hill and there paused.

1955 34 ed.
Artists in Crime
Artists in Crime

by Ngaio Marsh

Alleyn leant over the deck-rail, looking at the wet brown wharf and the upturned faces of the people.

1938 28 ed.
False Scent
False Scent

by Ngaio Marsh

WHEN SHE died it was as if all the love she had inspired in so many people suddenly blossomed.

1960 29 ed.
Grave mistake
Grave mistake

by Ngaio Marsh

"BRING ME," sang the ladies of Upper Quintern, "my Bow of Burning Gold."

1978 21 ed.
Last Ditch
Last Ditch

by Ngaio Marsh

WITH ALL THEIR easygoing behavior there was, nevertheless, something rarified about the Pharamonds.

1976 27 ed.
Dead Water (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Dead Water (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)

by Ngaio Marsh

A boy stumbled up the hillside, half-blinded by tears.

1963 32 ed.
Overture to Death
Overture to Death

by Ngaio Marsh

JOCELYN JERNIGHAM was a good name.

1939 30 ed.
Clutch of constables
Clutch of constables

by Ngaio Marsh

'There is,' wrote Miss Rickerby-Carrick, 'no bottom, none, to my unquenchable infamy.'

1968 34 ed.
Hand in Glove
Hand in Glove

by Ngaio Marsh

While he waited for the water to boil, Alfred belt stared absently at the kitchen calendar: 'With the compliments of The...

1962 28 ed.
Opening night
Opening night

by Ngaio Marsh

As she turned into Carpet Street the girl wondered at her own obstinacy.

1951 33 ed.
A Man Lay Dead
A Man Lay Dead

by Ngaio Marsh

Nigel Bathgate, in the language of his own gossip column, was "definitely intrigued" about his week-end at Frantock.

1934 35 ed.
The  Roderick Alleyn mysteries
The Roderick Alleyn mysteries

by Ngaio Marsh

The Home Secretary, with an air of finality, laid down the papers from which he had been reading and glanced round the t...

1993 2 ed.
When in Rome
When in Rome

by Ngaio Marsh

Barnaby Grant looked at the Etruscan Bride ad Bridegroom who reclined so easily on their sarcophagal couch and wondered ...

1970 32 ed.