Final Curtain (Roderick Alleyn Series #14)

by Ngaio Marsh

Overview

A delicious, classic country-house mystery. Sir Henry Ancred, a celebrated Shakespearian actor, has arranged to have his portrait painted by Agatha Troy wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn. She’s rather glad to be stepping out of Alleyn's shadow, and when Ancred is killed at his own birthday party, Troy tries sleuthing on her own. But she’s got a family full of suspects to contend with, and is pleased at last to hand things over to Alleyn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937384579
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	06/07/2014
Series:	Roderick Alleyn Series , #14
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	486,145
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ngaio Marsh, born Edith Ngaio Marsh in 1895, grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. She wrote 32 mystery novels between 1934 and 1982, earning her widespread acclaim and comparisons to Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and Margery Allingham. In addition to writing, she pursued her passion for theater and directed a number of plays as a member of the University of Canterbury Drama Society. She also wrote plays, essays, and an autobiography titled Black Beech and Honeydew. In 1966 she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her accomplishments in the arts, and in 1978 she was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Dame Ngaio Marsh split her time between New Zealand and the UK, and died in Christchurch in 1982. Her home there is now a museum.

Editorial Reviews

"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around."

New York Magazine