Tied Up in Tinsel, Ngaio Marsh
Tied Up in Tinsel, Ngaio Marsh
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Tied Up in Tinsel

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night. Did the hired help-- each a paroled murderer from the nearby prison-- have a deadly hand in this Christmas conundrum? Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to join his wife in finding the lost man-- and unraveling the glaring truth from the glittering tinsel.

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 on January 30, 2012

I was amused by the review that said Christie was a better author than Marsh because it took fully half of Tied up in Tinsel for the murder to occur. To me that means half a book of character development—half a book of learning about personalities, relationships, motives. And for all Christie’s fant......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on December 16, 2018

Sometimes I confuse myself as I am capable of intense dislike as well as great admiration for an author's work. Is it my mood when I read? I would not like to think so. I believe I have awarded just one star to a few books by Marsh and kind of gave up on the idea that I could like her Alleyn books. S......more

Goodreads review by John on December 11, 2021

A Xmas mystery. An isolated house where all the servants were once convicted of murder. Troy is painting Hillary the owner and an avowed eccentric snob keen on the rehabilitation of criminals. Moult the Colonels manservant disappears after delivering presents. Where is he? What has happened? Moult w......more

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