Hand in Glove

Name: Hand in Glove
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Ngaio Marsh
ISBN: 9781405531962

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Series: Inspector Alleyn #22

Narrator: Jeremy Sinden

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

The April Fool's Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed - except for poor Mr Cartell who had ended up in the ditch - for ever.
Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period's letter of condolence, sent before the body was found - not to mention the family squabbles.
It was a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn...

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 John

SPOILERS AHEAD This story set in a quintessential English village is entertaining and I failed to identify the murderer. Mr Pyke Period is a snob living with Harry Cartell a solicitor. After a lunch party a cigarette case goes missing and Harry suspects his niece and her dodgy boyfriend Leonard. Afte......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

I am learning of the wonderful variety this author produced, each book a new experience. This was published in 1962 and centered on manners and snobbery along with good old misbehaving by those who could get away with it. A strangely sympathetic older man who claims to be the last remnant of a very o......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne

For some reason, it has been more than three years since I last read a Ngaio Marsh novel. I didn’t mean to stray. I simply got caught up with newer, more modern, flashier cozy mysteries. What was I thinking? Returning to Marsh is always a satisfying comfort. In Hand in Glove, Roderick Alleyn, a detec......more