When in Rome

This counts as the 29th Alleyn book I have read out of the 33 total ?{I think}. I really enjoyed most of them, but there were several I did not care for at all. This was from 1970 and includes banter and sayings or expressions that I would think belonged in the 20's. "Negresses"? Oh well. Yeah, not m......more

Last read 13th November 2013 - Beautiful writing - it conveyed most powerfully the sense of Rome...but let down somewhat by it's dated air. Set in the 1960s, use of words like 'groovy' and 'turn on' (for drugs) made me flinch a bit - especially when the 1930s set books seem timeless, somehow. The us......more

A 3.5. Minus Troy, Alleyn is in Rome tracking down key players in a drug ring. He becomes involved in the investigation of a murder and a missing blackmailer. Lots of suspects with Major Sweet, the Dutch couple, Kenneth and his wealthy Aunt and Grant an author. The decadent Sonia, Lady Braceley and......more

Twenty-sixth in the Inspector Roderick Alleyn vintage mystery series revolving around a Scotland Yard detective who's visiting Rome circa 1970 when it was originally published. The focus is on an undercover operation between foreign law enforcement. My Take At first, I was bummed that we weren't in En......more

The Inspector Alleyn mystery series by Ngaio Marsh is one of the classics, like Agatha Christie's mystery books or those of Josephine Tey... to name a few. I've enjoyed 13 of the books so far, all entertaining and excellent mysteries. When in Rome is one of the later books, originally published in 1......more