Death on the air: And other stories ([The Alleyn mysteries]) - Hardcover

Ngaio Marsh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002242761 ISBN 13: 9780002242769

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

This collection contains the short cases of Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn, Dame Ngaio Marsh's own account of the creation of her detective, four urbane crime tales with settings ranging from a London restaurant to the New Zealand outback, and a script for the TV series "Crown Court".

About this title

From the Publisher:

'The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an empress' - The Sun

'Ngaio Masrsh worked largely in within the conventions of the golden age detective story but transended the genre by the power of her writing, the excellent use she makes of her own experience and interests, and the rich variety of characters who people her novels. The best of her books will endure' - P.D. James

About the Author:

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh's real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handed revived the New Zealand public's interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her 'damery' in 1966.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0002242761
• ISBN 13: 9780002242769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224