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A delightfully eclectic assortment of short works by the renowned author, including stories featuring her famous detective Inspector Alleyn. Fans of Ngaio Marsh, the New Zealand-born author and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, will find much of interest in this unique collection. Included are short stories-some featuring Roderick Alleyn, "the nonpareil among criminal investigators" (The New York Times)-as well as essays and even a detour into true crime. And for newcomers, this is a delightful introduction to one of the great writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and beyond.… (más)
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(Introduction) Literate. Polished. Witty. Urbane.
(Roderick Alleyn) He was born with the rank of Detective-Inspector, C.I.D., on a very wet Saturday afternoon in a basement flat off Sloane Square, London. The year was 1931.
(Portrait of Troy) Troy made her entrance with the sixth of the books about Alleyn.
(Death on the Air) On the 25th of December at 7:30 A.M. Mr. Septimus Tonks was found dead beside his wireless set.
(I Can Find My Way Out) At half-past six on the night in question, Anthony Gill, unable to eat, keep still, think, speak or act coherently, walked from his rooms to the Jupiter Theatre.
(Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery) When the telephone rang, Troy came in, sun-dazzled, from the cottage garden to answer it, hoping it would be a call from London.
(The Hand in the Sand) Truth may or may not be stranger than fiction.
(The Cupid Mirror) "Bollinger '21," said Lord John Challis.
(A Fool About Money) "Where money is concerned," Harold Hancock told his audience at the enormous cocktail party, "my poor Hersey -- and she won't mind my saying so, will you, darling? -- is the original dumbbell."
(Morepork) On the morning before he died, Caley Bridgeman woke to the smell of canvas and the promise of a warm day.
(The Figure Quoted) Mr. Batey (Batey and Burt, Auctioneers) stood in the middle of those ill-lit, indescribably dreary business premises of his and looked unenthusiastically at the "lots" which he hoped to sell in the course of the next two hours.
(Evil Liver) COURT REPORTER: The case you are about to see is fictional.
(Comments: The Case with Five Solutions) At the end of the broadcast of Evil Liver the jury decided that Miss Freebody was not guilty, but nothing is recorded of their analysis of the prosecution's case or of their opinion about who in fact was guilty.
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(Introduction) Her parents, who were apparently dilatory sorts, waited until she was four years old before registering her birth, and as an adult Marsh preferred not to correct the error.
(Death on the Air) I'm sorry, Alleyn. I think you knew, didn't you? I've bungled the whole game, but if you will be a super-sleuth... Goodbye. Henry Meadows
(A Fool About Money) "I'd forgotten. You know yourself," Hersey said with the glint of victory in her eye, "it's like you always say, darling. I'm such a fool about money."
(Comments: The Case with Five Solutions) In both the death of the dog and the murder of the Major, Thomas Tidwell had the most obvious opportunity, and when that is combined with his motive, and, through the chemist, the means, it is clear that he should be the defendant in the next session of "Crown Court".
A delightfully eclectic assortment of short works by the renowned author, including stories featuring her famous detective Inspector Alleyn. Fans of Ngaio Marsh, the New Zealand-born author and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, will find much of interest in this unique collection. Included are short stories-some featuring Roderick Alleyn, "the nonpareil among criminal investigators" (The New York Times)-as well as essays and even a detour into true crime. And for newcomers, this is a delightful introduction to one of the great writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and beyond.
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