Death at the Dolphin

Name: Death at the Dolphin
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Ngaio Marsh
ISBN: 9781405531986

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Series: Inspector Alleyn #24

Narrator: James Saxon

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 10/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

When the bombed-out Dolphin Theatre is given to Peregrine Jay by a mysterious wealthy patron, he is overjoyed. And when the mysterious oil millionaire also gives him a glove that belonged to Shakespeare, Peregrine displays it in the dockside theatre and writes a successful play about it.
But then a murder takes place, a boy is attacked, the glove is stolen. Could it be that oil and water don't mix? Inspector Roderick Alleyn is determined to find out...

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 April 15, 2020

This is the 24th novel in the Inspector Alleyn series. The plot is about the discovery of a priceless relic associated with Shakespeare in the form of a glove. The start of the story is excellent when Peregrine a theatrical director and writer is exploring the dilapidated Dolphin theatre near the Th......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 09, 2020

I messed up my list of books I take to the library and had to go back to Marsh and chose a couple of the Alleyn books I had yet to read. Both of them have theater themes, my least favorite even knowing that was one of her loves. In this murder mystery we are introduced to some likable characters so......more

Goodreads review by Eddie on November 03, 2021

The greatest joy in reading these classic 20th century crime writers is the gloriously nostalgic world they evoke. Here, Marsh depicts the first stirrings of gentrification of London’s docklands in the 1960s - like Derek Jarman and Ian McKellan, Marsh’s hero is a theatrical wannabe who inhabits a doc......more

Goodreads review by Gieliza on September 28, 2015

3 stars! I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed in this one. Ngaoi Marsh is always being compared to Agatha Christie and so I had high expectations. Maybe I just picked the wrong book to introduce myself to this author, I don't know. The first half is really slooooow. The pace did pick up a bit once......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on September 17, 2021

Another Marsh mystery set in a theater. Lots of interesting background and surprising twists.......more