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Scales Of Justice [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Ngaio Marsh (Author), Benedict Cumberbatch (Reader)
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Publication Date: 6 Nov 2008

The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes.

Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish...

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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital; Abridged edition edition (6 Nov 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405505087
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405505086
  • Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 13.3 x 14 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers (Times Literary Supplement )

Excellently characterized, Miss Marsh's best yet. Observer (‘The detection is first class. The whole affair is written with style and distinction.’ )

BBC (‘The finest writer in the English languange of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress.’ )

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A brutal murder with a golf club and an ingenious plot bursting with snobbery, suspicion , adultery and secrets - to say nothing of the dreadful crime of catricide...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Country murder 12 Aug 2012
By Damaskcat HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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A group of country families have lived in the village Swevenings for many years. They do not always get on and there are arguments over who has fishing rights to precisely which stretch of river. When one of the anglers is found dead it is thought that maybe an argument had escalated especially as a very large trout - known as the Old `Un has finally met is match and is also lying dead beside the angler.

But murders are rarely simple and Roderick Alleyn is called in to investigate. An observant District Nurse who sees more than her patients might want her too; a scandal from the past which connects two of the families; young love which threatens to turn into a Montagu and Capulet situation and a matriarch who is far from stupid make for a difficult investigation for Scotland Yard.

This story is well up to Ngaio Marsh's high standard and I found the information about fish very interesting. I liked the characters especially Lady Lacklander and Commander Syce as well as Octavius Danbury-Phinn and his cats. An entertaining mystery well told with some amusing incidents and asides from Alleyn's colleague, Inspector Fox.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 5 April 2013
By K. Young
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Another excellent Ngaio Marsh, brilliantly read by Benedict Cumberbatch. Love his understated Alleyn, and the excellent quality of the women's voices , but am a huge Cumberbatch fan anyway :) I like the unusual story, (you dont get many about fish) and I love the ending with the nurse. Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Up to standard 21 Mar 2013
By robert williams
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Writing as a fan of this novelist, I can say that I found it to be well up to expectation
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Marsh 25 Aug 2009
By Lesley Cookman
Format:Audio CD
One of my favourite Ngaio Marsh novels. The "rampant snobbery" is no more obvious in this book than in most of the other Roderick Alleyn stories, where he is constantly mistaken by his upper class suspects as "one of themselves" and the more earthy Inspector Fox perceived as the lower class norm of policing in the Marsh landscape. It was of the period, and Alleyn, although an actual policeman, followed in the footsteps and the tradition of Lord Peter Wimsey and Albert Campion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Scales of Justice (Inspector Roderick Alleyn Mysteries) 25 Mar 2010
By Kim
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Scales of Justice (Inspector Roderick Alleyn Mysteries)
So glad I found this book....couldn't live without knowing what happens in the end, having missed the TV version ending! Arrived promptly and in good condition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Scales of Justice 7 Aug 2008
By Rich
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Decent mystery ruined by rampant snobbery. It quickly becomes obvious who the killer will be. The author raises some interesting ideas about the difference between the classes but the notion that the actions of those who are deemed the right sort of people impact negatively on those who aren't is not fully held up to scrutiny.
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