Death And The Dancing Footman, Ngaio Marsh
Death And The Dancing Footman, Ngaio Marsh
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Death And The Dancing Footman

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime


Synopsis

It began as an entertainment: eight people, many of them enemies, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. They would be the characters in a drama that he would devise.

It ended in snowbound disaster. Everyone had an alibi - and most a motive as well. But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, when he finally arrived, knew it all hung on Thomas, the dancing footman...

Death and the Dancing Footman was first published in 1942.

About Ngaio Marsh

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 the received what she called her 'damery' in 1966.


Reviews

I absolutely loved this one and it was definitely my favourite of the bind up! The set up to this murder mystery is so dramatic because of the fact that all of these characters have a history with one another. None of them like each other for very different reasons, and nearly all of them are keeping......more

Goodreads review by John

Written in 1942 the story is set in an isolated house in winter. The owner Jonathan is a nasty piece of work who invites a group of people who mostly hate each other to see what will happen. Jonathan Royal likes trouble and invites people to a house party over a weekend who clearly do not like each......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Did not like the premise at the beginning--seemed too controlling and manipulative of Jonathan Royal to have a weekend party where everyone started off with reasons not to like each other. The plastic surgery "mistake" was an interesting twist. As the book progressed, my likes and dislikes of the ch......more

This is a perfectly crafted mystery which sadly, suffers from its perfection: the clues are so clear that anyone with a fair acquaintance of whodunits will guess the murderer, and the way the crime was carried out. The most interesting thing in the book is the dancing footman, and how he becomes imp......more

Goodreads review by Mara

I wanted to like this more than I actually did - while there were some interesting character interactions and motivations (particularly the plastic surgery angle), this just dragged and the tone felt out of sync with the type of plot it had......more