Final Curtain - Softcover

Ngaio Marsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006512410 ISBN 13: 9780006512417

Publisher: Harper Collins Pod, 1999

Synopsis

A country house murder, artistic insight and the post-war reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel. Agatha Troy, world famous portrait painter, is inveigled into accepting a commission to paint the 70-year-old Sir Henry Ancred, Bart., the Grand Old Man of the stage. But just as she has completed her portrait, the old actor dies. The dramatic circumstances of his death are such that Scotland Yard is called in -- in the person of Troy's long-absent husband, Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn!

About this title

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-handedly revived the New Zealand public's interest in the theatre. It was for this work that she received what she called her `damery' in 1966.

From AudioFile:

Nadia May's British accent and soprano voice perfectly capture Marsh's narrative. Her portrayal of the bizarre cast of characters is superb. M.E.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins Pod
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0006512410
• ISBN 13: 9780006512417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272