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Scales of Justice (The Alleyn Mysteries) (Paperback)

by Ngaio Marsh (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (8 Feb 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006157777
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006157779
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 112,589 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Colonel Cartarette's body lies sprawled beside the River Chyne, beside him is the giant trout he has been trying to catch for years. They both died by violence - but it is the fish that will be playing the starring role in the murder investigation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Marsh, 25 Aug 2009
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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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2.0 out of 5 stars Scales of Justice, 7 Aug 2008
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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