Автор - Ngaio Marsh
Death At The Bar
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Among the guests at the Plume of Feathers on the memorable evening of the murder were a West End matinée idol, a successful portrait painter, an Oxford-educated farmer’s daughter, a radical organizer and assorted rustics and villagers. Each of them had an opportunity to place the deadly poison on the dart that seemingly had been the instrument of murder. But no one admitted seeing any suspicious movement on the part of anyone else. And what exactly had been the method of the killer? This was the problem Inspector Alleyn had to solve — and he does so with all of his accustomed verve and brilliance.
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Death in a White Tie
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
A murder in aristocratic circles. The seventh mystery in Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn series.
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Death In Ecstasy
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
The woman stretched both her hands out and the priest gave her the cup. “The wine of ecstasy gives joy to your body and soul.” She raised the cup to her lips. Her head tipped back until the last drop must have been drained. Suddenly she gasped violently. Her face twisted into an appalling grimace. She pitched forward like an enormous doll, jerked twice, and then was still… She may have been in a state of ecstasy, but she was undoubtedly dead.
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Death of a Fool
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
When the Sword Dancer's mock beheading becomes horribly real, it is Superintendent Roderick Alleyn who must discover who had the best motive for murder.
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Death of a Peer
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
With a “sidekick” named Shakespeare, Inspector Alleyn singles out a killer from a glittering array of suspects…
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Died in the Wool
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
“Murder. What a beastly soft sound the word makes!” With a corpse in a pack of raw wool…
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Enter A Murderer
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
The second book from Chief-Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn series.
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False Scent
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
The guests ranged themselves at both sides of the door, like the chorus in a grand opera, A figure appeared in the entrance. It was not Mary Bellamy, but Florence. As if to keep the scene relentlessly theatrical, she began to cry out in a small, shrill voice: “A doctor! A doctor! Is there a doctor in the house!”
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Final Curtain
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Sir Henry Ancred, the celebrated Shakespearian actor, wishes to have his portrait painted in the role of Macbeth by Agatha Troy, the famous artist. Amid a welter of practical jokes, Sir Henry dies and Chief Inspector Alleyn is called in to investigate.
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Grave Mistake
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estate in Upper Quintern and hiring the best gardener. In fact, she is rapturous over the new asparagus beds when a visit from her unwelcome stepson sends her scurrying to a chic spa for a rest cure, a liaison with the spa's director… and an apparent suicide. Her autopsy holds one surprise, a secret drawer a second. And Inspector Roderick Alleyn, C.I.D., digging about Upper Quintern, may unearth still a third… deeply buried motive for murder.
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Hand in Glove
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
Suspicion runs rampant among the gentry of an English village, as Inspector Alleyn tries to find a method in murder — before a crafty killer can strike again!
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Night at the Vulcan
Автор: Ngaio MarshЖанр: Иностранная литература
“Gas!” Parry Percival said under his breath. Martyn, who thought the Doctor was doing well, glanced indignantly at Parry and was astonished to see that he looked frightened. “ ‘—therefore,’ ” the Doctor was saying arrogantly, “ ‘to beg will not become me—’ ” “Gas!” said an imperative voice off-stage and someone else ran noisily round the back of the set. And then Martyn smelled it. Gas…
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