Ngaio Marsh

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New Zealand writer.

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Country: New Zealand
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Christchurch
Birth date: 23 April 1895
Nationality: New Zealand

Edgar Award
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Her first name is pronounced "NIGH-oh".
She was actually born on April 23, 1895, according to reliable reference sources; but her father gave her birth year as 1899, thus starting her life with a mystery; no wonder that she became one of the most popular mystery writers of the 20th century. Her mystery novels are intellectual and are influenced by S.

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.
Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer.
You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design.

Books

Roderick Alleyn Mysteries
Ngaio Marsh
Roderick Alleyn Mysteries
Ngaio Marsh
Money in the Morgue
Ngaio Marsh
It's business as usual for mr glossop as he does his regular round delivering wages to government buildings scattered across new zealand's lonely canterbury plains.
Money in the Morgue
Ngaio Marsh
Inspector alleyn just wants to write a letter to his wife, but world war ii, for one, keeps intruding.
Money in the Morgue
Ngaio Marsh
Inspector alleyn just wants to write a letter to his wife, but world war ii, for one, keeps intruding.
Money in the Morgue
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Un asesino en escena
Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio marsh, quien además de como novelista obtuvo también un merecido reconocimiento por su labor como directora escénica, fusionó de manera magistral ambas pasiones en un asesino en escena, una de sus más logradas creaciones.
Un hombre muerto
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Ngaio marsh fue junto a agatha christie, dorothy l.
Photo Finish
Ngaio Marsh
A diva is dead in new zealand .
Grave Mistake
Ngaio Marsh
A fancy hotel plays host to homicide in a "jubilant" novel by "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, english-village comedy-mystery" (kirkus reviews, starred review).
Light Thickens
Ngaio Marsh
From the mystery writers of america grand master, this tale of death at the dolphin theatre has "wit, charm, and oodles of atmosphere" (kirkus reviews).
Collected Short Mysteries
Ngaio Marsh
A delightfully eclectic assortment of short works by the renowned author, including stories featuring her famous detective inspector alleyn.
Photo Finish
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As in her previous book, grave mistake, ngaio marsh offers up a lady of a certain age, high-strung and hyperventilating, two ticks short of neurosis.
Last Ditch
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The last ditch hidden behind a hedge, is a sheer drop, murderously deep—especially when someone stretches a wire across to trip a horse.
Last Ditch
Ngaio Marsh
The last ditch hidden behind a hedge, is a sheer drop, murderously deep—especially when someone stretches a wire across to trip a horse.
Collected short mysteries
Ngaio Marsh
A collection of short stories written by ngaio marsh; a number of them feature inspector alleyn, the protagonist of marsh's famous mystery series.
A Grave Mistake
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False Scent
Ngaio Marsh
This tale of an actress's dramatic demise, and a police detective trying to sniff out a killer, is "one of ngaio marsh's best yarns" (kirkus reviews).
Clutch of constables
Ngaio Marsh
We do love a man in a uniform, but the "constables" in question are not policemen but paintings the landscapes, specifically, of the 19th-century painter john constable.
Hand in Glove
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One has to admit that the timing was peculiar.
Hand in glove
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One has to admit that the timing was peculiar.
When in Rome
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In 1968 ngaio marsh took her own roman holiday (in part to research italian police procedures) and the change seems to have done her good: both her british and u.
Black As He's Painted
Ngaio Marsh
Inspector alleyn's old school chum, the "boomer," is now president of the new african nation of ng'ombwana.
Tied up in Tinsel
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When in Rome
Ngaio Marsh
In 1968 ngaio marsh took her own roman holiday (in part to research italian police procedures) and the change seems to have done her good: both her british and u.
Dead Water
Ngaio Marsh
The elderly emily pride is pleased to have inherited an island, yet appalled by the "pixie falls" spring and its reported miraculous healing properties, and especially the locals' attempts to capitalize on the "miracles.
Killer Dolphin
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The impresario peregrine jay has fulfilled a long-cherished dream: thanks to a very generous gift, he now owns the dolphin theatre, and has restored it to its former glory.
Clutch of Constables
Ngaio Marsh
Taking a spontaneous river cruise through the part of england made famous by the paintings of john constable, agatha troy, inspector alleyn's painter wife, encounters murder and international art theft.
Tied up in tinsel
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Black as he's painted
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Ng'ombwana is a (fictional) african nation to have emerged in the wake of colonialism; as it happens, its president is inspector alleyn s old school chum, the "boomer.
Dead water
Ngaio Marsh
The elderly emily pride is pleased to have inherited an island, yet appalled by the "pixie falls" spring and its reported miraculous healing properties, and especially the locals' attempts to capitalize on the "miracles.
Spinsters in jeopardy
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Inspector alleyn has decamped for the south of france for a family vacation.
Spinsters in Jeopardy
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Ngaio marsh's inspector alleyn has decamped for the south of france, where he does some poking around at the cultish denizens of a sinister and luxurious chateau, who are not fond of being poked.
Singing in the shrouds
Ngaio Marsh
All aboard for murderthe cape farewell steams out to sea, carrying a serial strangler who says it with flowers and a little song.
Scales of Justice
Ngaio Marsh
Harris robertson, son of mark robertson, also known as "the great florida hurricane attorney and judge" becomes the youngest assistant district attorney in orlando, florida.
Death of a Fool
Ngaio Marsh
The village of south mardian always observes the winter solstice with an ancient, mystical sword dance--complete with costumed performers.
Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 9
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A Wreath for Rivera
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When lord pastern bagott takes up with the hot music of breezy bellair and his boys, his disapproving wife cecile has more than usual to be unhappy about.
Surfeit of Lampreys
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Ngaio marsh’s most popular novel begins when a young new zealander’s first contact with the english gentry is the body of lord wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye....
Swing, brother, swing
Ngaio Marsh
Red-hot jazz meets cold-blooded murder.
Death at the bar
Ngaio Marsh
A cosy game of darts in a cosy english pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot.
Overture to Death
Ngaio Marsh
It s murder in the little english village, but the two local spinsters, miss campanula, the victim, and miss prentice, her friend who may have been the intended victim, are not exactly the beloved little old ladies of song and story.
Death and the dancing footman
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Last Ditch
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Horseplay turns deadly...
Final curtain
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Troy alleyn, inspector roderick alleyn's beautiful young wife, is engaged to paint a portrait of sir henry ancred, famed shakespearean actor and family patriarch, but she senses all is not well in the dreary castle of ancreton.
Died in the Wool
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Ngaio marsh returns to her new zealand roots to transplant the classic country-house murder mystery to an upland sheep station on south island and produces one of her most exotic and intriguing novels.
A man lay dead
Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio marsh's first book introduces roderick alleyn of scotland yard, the central character in all her subsequent mysteries.
Tied Up in Tinsel
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A christmas pageant turns unholy.
Final Curtain
Ngaio Marsh
Murder gets into the act in ngaio marsh's wittiest and most readable novel--and a shakespearean actor takes his final bow.
Overture to death
Ngaio Marsh
It s murder in the little english village, but the two local spinsters, miss campanula, the victim, and miss prentice, her friend who may have been the intended victim, are not exactly the beloved little old ladies of song and story.
Vintage murder
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Death and the Dancing Footman
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The party's over when murder makes an entrance...
Death in ecstasy
Ngaio Marsh
When lovely cara quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the house of the sacred flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the other initiates.
Death in a white tie
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Ah, the london debutante season: giggles and tea-dances, white dresses and inappropriate romances.
Colour scheme
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A spa-goer resorts to murder.
Man Lay Dead
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Ngaio marsh was one of the queens (she has been called the empress) of england s golden age of mystery fiction.
The nursing home murder
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For one unlucky member of parliament, a simple visit to the hospital (the nursing home of the title) proves fatal.
Enter a Murderer
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Nursing Home Murders
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When britain's home secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis.
Black As He's Painted / Last Ditch / Grave Mistake (the Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 10)
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Music

Singing In The Shrouds
Ngaio Marsh

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