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  • Do No Harm

    Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

    by Henry Marsh ...
    A New York Times BestsellerShortlisted for both the Guardian First Book Prize and the Costa Book AwardLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionA Finalist for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeA Finalist for the Wellcome Book PrizeA Financial Times Best Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearWhat is it like to be a brain surgeo... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy in the Yellow Dress

    by Victor Marsh ...
    Perth in the 1950s. After being caught wearing his mother's yellow dress, young Victor had to hide any tendency towards gender inappropriate behaviour. But his interest in dancing and theatre (and mooning over Rudolph Nureyev on the telly) were bound to make the facade collapse at some point. Emerging sexuality and the sense of not being 'at home' in his body, let alone the world, ran alongside a ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 3

    Death in a White Tie, Overture to Death, Death at the Bar

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three witty novels by "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" ( The Sun).This volume includes three books in the Golden Age detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:Death in a White Tie: A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season: "Marsh's writing is a pleasure." — The Seattle TimesOverture to De... ... Read more

    $28.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 4

    Surfeit of Lampreys, Death and the Dancing Footman, and Colour Scheme

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three witty murder mysteries featuring British Inspector Roderick Alleyn, from a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.Surfeit of Lampreys : The upper-crust Lamprey family exemplifies charm, wit, and a chronic lack of funds. Their only source of hope is the wealthy but unpleasant Lord Wutherwood. When his Lordship is killed and the Lampreys receive a sizeable inheritance, Inspector Roderick ... Read more

    $34.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black As He's Painted

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 28 - Roderick Alleyn
    A visiting dignitary in London asks for security—and gets extra help from a clever feline—in a novel starring "the nonpareil among criminal investigators" ( The New York Times).Superintendent Alleyn's old school chum, nicknamed the "Boomer," has become the president of the newly emerged African nation of Ng'ombwana, newly emerged in the wake of colonialism. Old school ties being what they are, his ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 1

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

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    The first three Inspector Roderick Alleyn novels from "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery" ( Kirkus Reviews).This volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:A Man Lay Dead: During a country-house party between the two world wars, servants bustle, gin flows, and the host, Sir Hubert ... Read more

    $25.99 USD 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

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 2

    Death in Ecstasy, Vintage Murder, Artists in Crime

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series series Roderick Alleyn
    Three compelling tales of crime featuring the sharp-witted British police detective: "Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." — The New York TimesThis volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:Death in Ecstasy: Tainted wine sends a member of a religious sect to meet her maker in a witty mystery marked by "quiet, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vintage Murder

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 5 - Roderick Alleyn
    A police inspector finds trouble during a trip to New Zealand: "It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." — New York MagazineInspector Roderick Alleyn has taken a break from England and journeyed to New Zealand, and traveling along with him are the members of the Carolyn Dacres English Comedy Company. The actors' operatic intrigues offer an amusing diversion ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • False Scent

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 21 - Roderick Alleyn
    This tale of an actress's dramatic demise, and a police detective trying to sniff out a killer, is "one of Ngaio Marsh's best yarns" ( Kirkus Reviews).Mary Bellamy is the sweetheart of the London stage—everyone simply adores darling Mary. So her fans and friends are heartbroken when somehow Mary manages to spritz herself not with her favorite perfume but with a deadly insecticide meant to be ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strange Glory

    A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    by Charles Marsh ...
    In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring Christian thinkers of our time. Now, drawing on extensive new research, Strange Glory offers a definitive account, by turns majestic and intimate, of this modern icon.The scion of a grand family that rarely ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Light Thickens

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 32 - Roderick Alleyn
    From the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, this tale of death at the Dolphin Theatre has "wit, charm, and oodles of atmosphere" ( Kirkus Reviews).Among theater folk, "the Scottish play" is considered unlucky, so much so that tradition requires anyone who utters its proper name backstage to leave the building, spin around, spit, curse, and then request permission to re-enter. As director ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus