

Death On The Air and Other Stories
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/22/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/22/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
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.
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
3.5 Narrated by Nadia May. Performance: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️......more
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
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