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Ric Jerrom
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Ngaio Marsh
Maurice Questing was left to die in a pool of boiling mud. Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles he'd hated, the New Zealanders he'd despised or the Maoris he'd insulted. Even the spies he'd thwarted - if he wasn't a spy himself.
©1943 Original Text of 1943 by Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















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"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"Nobody begins to touch Ngaio Marsh’s skill at creating corpses and suspects...her dialogue is a continuous delight." ( New York Herald Tribune)
"The queen of the straight crime novel - long may she reign!" ( Sunday Times)
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But good story -- and good narration aside from Alleyn's name.
Good story, but mispronounced Detective Chief Inspector Alleyn's name!
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