Grace E. reviewed Inspector Alleyn Calls: Overture to Death / Death at the Bar / Final Curtain (Inspector Alleyn) on
One of the top writers of mysterys Golden Age, Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) won award after award over her 50-year career for her scathingly funny, tightly plotted and charmingly romantic novels. Now, discover or enjoy anew the singular pleasure of three of the Grand Masters best Roderick Alleyn whodunits in Inspector Alleyn Calls.
In Overture To Death, the fiendishly clever murder of a spiteful gossip sends Inspector Roderick Alleyn after a murderer who may have killed the wrong woman. In Death at the Bar, Alleyn probes a pub full of motives when a seemingly friendly game of darts turns deadly. And in Final Curtain, Alleyns wife enlists his aid when her host, the patriarch of the British Barrymores, is found dead after a family fracas.
In Overture To Death, the fiendishly clever murder of a spiteful gossip sends Inspector Roderick Alleyn after a murderer who may have killed the wrong woman. In Death at the Bar, Alleyn probes a pub full of motives when a seemingly friendly game of darts turns deadly. And in Final Curtain, Alleyns wife enlists his aid when her host, the patriarch of the British Barrymores, is found dead after a family fracas.
