Death On The Air and Other Stories

Name: Death On The Air and Other Stories
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Ngaio Marsh
ISBN: 9781455103133

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Series: The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries #1995

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/22/2005

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Death on the Air and Other Stories serves as the perfect introduction to Ngaio Marsh and her creation, Inspector Roderick Alleyn, or as a nostalgic journey for their many fans. The book concludes with a script written for the television series Crown Court.

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 Richard on June 06, 2021

This was a very surprising book to me since I did not know it was a collection of stories. They are all not mysteries. Ms. marsh is a skillful author and the reader is excellent. All the tales are slightly dated, but that does not take away from their quality. The story I liked best, Evil Liver, did......more

Goodreads review by Ana on November 22, 2022

3.5 Narrated by Nadia May. Performance: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️......more

Goodreads review by A.M. on July 25, 2022

A set of short stories, not all confined the the Inspector Alleyn world. I did not know the author was a success in three creative arenas: she was an actress, an artist, AND a writer. sheesh. But as if we could not have guessed? Those elements are present in a LOT of her stories. Alleyn’s lovely wif......more

Goodreads review by Marybeth on October 14, 2020

Updating after listening to the audiobook read by Wanda McCadden. The stories are even more enjoyable with a good reader telling them to you. As soon as I started reading this book, I realized that I'd read some of the stories before. It must have been a long time ago and it wasn't this exact book, b......more