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  • 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

    $28.99 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

  • A Man Lay Dead

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 1 - Roderick Alleyn
    Crime comes to a country house: "Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A, and this one is no exception." — The New York TimesThis classic from the Golden Age of British mystery opens during a country-house party between the two world wars—servants bustling, gin flowing, the gentlemen in dinner jackets, the ladies all slink and smolder. Even more delicious: The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, ... Read more

    $11.99 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

    $34.99 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

  • 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

    $11.99 USD 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

    $9.89 USD 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

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surfeit of Lampreys

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 10 - Roderick Alleyn
    A suspicious inheritance comes to the rescue of a cash-strapped aristocratic family: "Entertaining and devious . . . Plenty of red herrings." — Kirkus ReviewsThe 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, and the Lampreys may perhaps be forgiven for doing a little jig when his Lordship is ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Artists in Crime

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 6 - Roderick Alleyn
    A model is murdered in this "first-rate" detective story by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master ( Kirkus Reviews).On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spinsters in Jeopardy

    by Ngaio Marsh ...
    Series Book 17 - Roderick Alleyn
    A British police detective looks into sinister doings in the South of France in a crime thriller with "more than a little excitement" ( Kirkus Reviews).Inspector Roderick Alleyn has decamped for the South of France on a family vacation—though for him, the vacation will involve some official poking around. Unfortunately, the object of his poking—the cultish denizens of a sinister and luxurious ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus