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  • Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 1

    A Man Lay Dead, Enter a Murderer, The Nursing Home Murder

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.A MAN LAY DEADSir Hubert Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties are deservedly famous for his exciting Murder Game. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse with a real dagger in the back. All seven ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Scales of Justice

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 18 - Roderick Alleyn
    An aristocrat dies under fishy circumstances in this tale by "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" ( The Sun).In an almost unspeakably charming little English village, one of the local aristocrats turns up dead next to the local trout-stream with, in fact, a trout at his side. Everyone is dreadfully upset, of course, but really, just a tad irritated as ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death in Ecstasy

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 4 - Roderick Alleyn
    Tainted wine sends a member of a religious sect to meet her maker in a witty mystery marked by "quiet, intelligent deduction" ( Kirkus Reviews).Did lovely Cara Quoyne get a whiff of the bitter almonds as she raised the goblet to her lips? We'll never know: With a single sip of prussic acid she transported herself to the Hereafter.Now Inspector Alleyn must investigate a murder at the House of the ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 2

    Death in Ecstasy, Vintage Murder, Artists in Crime

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the second volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.DEATH IN ECSTASYWho slipped cyanide into the ceremonial wine of ecstasy at the House of the Sacred Flame? The other initiates and the High Priest claim to be above earthly passions. But Roderick Alleyn discovers that the victim ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Died in the Wool

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 13 - Roderick Alleyn
    The inspector digs into a cold case on a New Zealand sheep farm in this "well-sustained crime story" from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master ( Kirkus Reviews).Flossie Rubrick, a highly opinionated and influential member of the New Zealand Parliament, was last seen heading off to one of the storage sheds on her sheep farm. Three weeks later, she turned up dead and packed in a bale of her ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Collected Short Mysteries

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    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 ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Colour Scheme

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 12 - Roderick Alleyn
    A mystery with "atmosphere, humor . . .and a group of characters, English, Maori, and New Zealander, who are fascinating and completely credible." — The New York TimesDuring World War II, Colonel Claire—a tremendously nice fellow and a disastrously bad businessman—runs a mud-baths resort in rural New Zealand. But the place is on the brink of being taken over by a local blowhard who may be a Nazi ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death at the Bar

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 9 - Roderick Alleyn
    At an English pub, a dart becomes a deadly weapon: "Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." — The New York TimesA game of darts does involve some danger, but it's rarely lethal. There are exceptions, however, like the famous barrister who was enjoying a pint at the Plume of Feathers pub, and is now residing at the morgue. But Inspector Roderick Alleyn has a growing hunch that this ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Enter a Murderer

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 2 - Roderick Alleyn
    A policeman in the audience sees an all-too-real death scene on a London stage: "Good enough to satisfy the most critical reader of detective stories." — The New York TimesInspector Roderick Alleyn has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. And ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death and the Dancing Footman

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 11 - Roderick Alleyn
    This tale of murder at a snowed-in country house is a "constant puzzle to the end . . . alive with wit" ( The New York Times).The unspeakably wealthy (and generally unspeakable) Jonathan Royal has decided to throw a party and, just for fun, has studded the guest list with people who loathe one another. When a blizzard imprisons them all in Royal's country house, murder ensues, and there are nearly ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nursing Home Murder

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 3 - Roderick Alleyn
    For one unfortunate British politician, murder is the worst medicine: "An ingenious, logical, and sparkling tale." — The New York TimesFor Member of Parliament Sir Derek O'Callaghan, a simple visit to the hospital proves fatal. But as Inspector Alleyn will discover, any number of people had reason to help the gentleman to his just reward, including a sour surgeon, a besotted nurse, a resentful ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Killer Dolphin

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 24 - Roderick Alleyn
    "Miss Marsh works her characteristic storyteller's magic with the elements of theater and suspense." — Kirkus ReviewsThe impresario Peregrine Jay has fulfilled a long-cherished dream: Thanks to a very generous gift, he now owns the Dolphin Theatre, and has restored it to its former glory. To celebrate the reopening, a no-expenses-spared production of The Glove, a new play about the discovery of a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus