- Paperback
- Publisher: Jove Pubns; Reissue edition (Feb 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515085928
- ISBN-13: 978-0515085921
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued in B-format.
The poison was cyanide, slipped into the sacred wine of ecstasy just before it was presented to Miss Cara Quayne at the House of the Sacred Flame.
The victim was a deeply religious initiate who had trained for a month for her last ceremony. She was also a very beautiful woman…
The suspects were the other initiates and the High Priest. All claimed they were above earthly passions. But Cara Quayne had provoked lust, jealousy – and murder.
Roderick Alleyn suspected that more evil still lurked behind the Sign of the Sacred Flame…
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Nigel Bathgate, journalist and friend of DCI Alleyn of Scotland Yard, happens to look out of the window of his flat one wet and windy evening and sees several people entering a doorway underneath a swinging sign of a sacred flame. Bored, he decides to go and see what it's all about and maybe find material for a story for his newspaper.
He manages to talk his way into the ceremony and finds it's a mixture of many religions and he witnesses a group of initiates passing round a goblet until the final person in the circle collapses dead after drinking from the cup. Nigel sends for DCI Alleyn.
The following investigation provides plenty of suspects and clues as well as a fair few red herrings. The book is well written and the plot complex. As ever the characters are well drawn and memorable and even the minor ones stick in your mind. The charismatic Father Garnette is a masterpiece as his House of the Sacred Flame and its flock. Ngaio Marsh was one of the masters of the Golden Age of British detective fiction and if you like your crime novels to keep you guessing almost until the last page then give this one a try.
He manages to talk his way into the ceremony and finds it's a mixture of many religions and he witnesses a group of initiates passing round a goblet until the final person in the circle collapses dead after drinking from the cup. Nigel sends for DCI Alleyn.
The following investigation provides plenty of suspects and clues as well as a fair few red herrings. The book is well written and the plot complex. As ever the characters are well drawn and memorable and even the minor ones stick in your mind. The charismatic Father Garnette is a masterpiece as his House of the Sacred Flame and its flock. Ngaio Marsh was one of the masters of the Golden Age of British detective fiction and if you like your crime novels to keep you guessing almost until the last page then give this one a try.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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You know you are back in the Golden Age when Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn slips a Mickey Finn into the drink of one of the suspects in order to loosen his tongue!
The crime takes place during a quasi-religious ceremony at the House of the Sacred Flame where Father Jasper Garnette presides over a strangely varied cast of initiates and followers. Nigel Bathgate, a journalist, being bored one evening, wanders into the ceremony and is thus a witness to the poisoning of Cara Quayne. Having a direct line to his friend Alleyn, he is able to involve him immediately in the case.
This is more a period curiosity than a thrilling detective mystery.
The crime takes place during a quasi-religious ceremony at the House of the Sacred Flame where Father Jasper Garnette presides over a strangely varied cast of initiates and followers. Nigel Bathgate, a journalist, being bored one evening, wanders into the ceremony and is thus a witness to the poisoning of Cara Quayne. Having a direct line to his friend Alleyn, he is able to involve him immediately in the case.
This is more a period curiosity than a thrilling detective mystery.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book: A journalist braves nasty London weather to join, on a whim, a strange religious ceremony - and witnesses a murder. But which of the ten attendees is The One, and what was the reason? Chief Inspector Alleyn investigates the tangled web...
The author: Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a new Zealand crime writer and theater producer. Death in Ecstasy was her 4th detective novel.
My opinion: a highly typical British murder mystery - but rather long-winded, with spun-out hypothesizing conversations, many a clue, drawn-out character building and sometimes rather standard characters. Halfway there is a rather funny bit when the Chif Inspector suggests various solutions, according to whether Agatha Christie or other famous writers would have written the plot! But while the book is moderately atmospheric, with endless rain and gllomy interiors, it is a bit too long-winded for my liking.
The author: Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a new Zealand crime writer and theater producer. Death in Ecstasy was her 4th detective novel.
My opinion: a highly typical British murder mystery - but rather long-winded, with spun-out hypothesizing conversations, many a clue, drawn-out character building and sometimes rather standard characters. Halfway there is a rather funny bit when the Chif Inspector suggests various solutions, according to whether Agatha Christie or other famous writers would have written the plot! But while the book is moderately atmospheric, with endless rain and gllomy interiors, it is a bit too long-winded for my liking.
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