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A Man Lay Dead (The Ngaio Marsh Collection) [Kindle Edition]

Ngaio Marsh (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the first volume of the 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

Sir 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 suspects have skilful alibis - so Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to figure out the whodunit…

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 289 KB
  • Print Length: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Harper (3 Sep 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002RI9F18
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #11,707 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Man Lay Dead 28 Feb 2011
By S Riaz HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This is the first of Ngaio Marsh's Roderick Alleyn mysteries and it contains everything that a great Golden Age mystery should. First, the house party, complete with varying guests - an adulterous wife, jealous girlfriend, mysterious Russian, etc. In this case, the country house in question is Frantock and Nigel Bathgate (a journalist) is accompanying his cousin Charles on one of the much coveted entertaining weekends, for which invitations are hard to obtain. The host intends to hold a 'murder' game, which naturally goes completely wrong, when there is a real victim. Lots of implausable plot twists (via the Russians) and an even more implausable conclusion, but the whole thing is great fun. Ngaio Marsh never cheats and you could, if you are extremely clever and keep notes, work it out. Personally, I am happy to relax in her highly competent hands and enjoy. Beware, though, you could easily get hooked on these brilliant books. Just out of interest, I read the kindle edition and it was perfectly edited - not a typo to be found.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fab! 6 Jan 2013
By Deborah Clare
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Brilliant book. Love my Kindle. Lay in bed, download the book and start to read. Bliss. Great story. Looking foward to getting more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars well up to standard 30 April 2013
By Bill Mackenzie
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As delightful and intriguing as Ngaio Marsh mysteries always are. When I first read them some 30 years ago they seemed old fashioned, but this has now become a historically accurate look at the past with a brilliantly written whodunit thrown in
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