When in Rome, Ngaio Marsh
When in Rome, Ngaio Marsh
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When in Rome

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

When their guide disappears mysteriously in the depths of a Roman Basilica, the members of Mr Sebastian Mailer's tour group seem strangely unperturbed.
But when a body is discovered in an Etruscan sarcophagus, Superintendent Alleyn, in Rome incognito on the trail of an international drug racket, is very much concerned...

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 Martin on June 28, 2020

Another excellent three books in The Alleyn series. I particularly liked the fact that in two of the three novels, and in the short story Chapter and Verse, we get more of Troy than we usually do. in the one where she is not involved, When in Rome, Ngaio Marsh uses one of my favourite places in Rome......more

Goodreads review by Matt on January 16, 2024

This was a really good collection of three stories by Ngaio Marsh, my personal favourite was Tied Up In Tinsel. I had heard a lot about the author and was lucky enough to come across this collection at my local library and thoroughly enjoyed all three novels. Classic whodunnits full of mystery and s......more

Goodreads review by Christine on November 17, 2020

I'd never read any of her stories before. I like both the inspector and his wife, who has a prominent roll in two of the stories. Good mysteries.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 18, 2015

Three slow burners and a neat little short story as a bonus.......more

Goodreads review by Harriet on October 14, 2013

3 classic Alleyn stories. My favourite was 'Tied up in Rome'. Effortlessly enjoyable.......more

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