Death at the Bar, Ngaio Marsh
Death at the Bar, Ngaio Marsh
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Death at the Bar

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the tap-room. They are in the habit of playing darts, but on this occasion an experiment takes the place of the usual game - a fatal experiment which calls for investigation.
A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare, and a Devonshire farmer all play their parts in the unravelling of the problem...

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

Goodreads review by Lady Clementina on September 03, 2018

Two of my bookgroups on Goodreads are reading Ngaio Marsh this month—I read the first, a later title in the series, earlier on (technically, last month), and now, this one. Death at the Bar, published in 1939, is ninth in the Roderick Alleyn series by Marsh, and is also a reread for me. Compared to......more

Goodreads review by John on June 07, 2021

Well I deducted the wrong person for the murder. A barrister called Watchman goes to a town in Devon with his cousin Parish and friend Cubitt. He has a collision with his car with a lodger at the pub he is staying in called Robert Legge. Watchman while playing darts suddenly dies. Rat poison, everyo......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on June 29, 2024

I am just discovering these early Inspector Alleyn mysteries... Classic drawing room mystery without the drawing room and an interesting ending. (Reviewed 4-14-11)......more

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