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Opening Night
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn Tarne from faraway New Zealand to make the dreary, soul-destroying round of West End agents and managers in search of work. The Vulcan Theatre had been her last forlorn hope, and now, driven by sheer necessity, she was glad to accept the humble job of dresser to its leading lady. And then came the eagerly awaited opening night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fabulously read with amazing voices
- By Thomas on 02-12-18
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Final Curtain
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
A country house murder, artistic insight and the postwar reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh’s wittiest and most readable novel. Agatha Troy, world-famous portrait painter, is inveigled into accepting a commission to paint the 70-year-old Sir Henry Ancred, Bart., the Grand Old Man of the stage. But just as she has completed her portrait, the old actor dies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic crime - well done!
- By Cathy Puzey on 06-22-16
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Spinsters in Jeopardy
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
A classic Ngaio Marsh mystery thriller combining drugs and sacrifice. High in the mountains stands the magnificent Saracen fortress, home of the mysterious Mr. Oberon, leader of a coven of witches. It is not the historic castle, however, that intrigues Roderick Alleyn, on holiday with his family, but the suspicion that a huge drugs ring operates from within its ancient portals. But before the holiday is over, someone else has stumbled upon the secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best I have read so far.
- By Miranda on 04-07-16
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Scales of Justice
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish.... Scales of Justice was first published in 1955.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful fish story
- By Helen L. on 10-12-16
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Off with His Head
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh’s most fascinating murder mysteries. When the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate the rare survival of folk dancing still practised there, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction - two of the other enthusiasts are also spoiling for a fight.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This was a no... thumps down... for me.
- By Marianna on 09-03-18
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Died in the Wool
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Ngaio Marsh returns to her New Zealand roots to transplant the classic country house murder mystery to an upland sheep station on South Island - and produces one of her most exotic and intriguing novels. One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, MP, one of the most formidable women in New Zealand, goes to her husband’s wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story somewhat marred
- By Beverly Taylor on 07-02-17
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Opening Night
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn Tarne from faraway New Zealand to make the dreary, soul-destroying round of West End agents and managers in search of work. The Vulcan Theatre had been her last forlorn hope, and now, driven by sheer necessity, she was glad to accept the humble job of dresser to its leading lady. And then came the eagerly awaited opening night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fabulously read with amazing voices
- By Thomas on 02-12-18
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Final Curtain
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
A country house murder, artistic insight and the postwar reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh’s wittiest and most readable novel. Agatha Troy, world-famous portrait painter, is inveigled into accepting a commission to paint the 70-year-old Sir Henry Ancred, Bart., the Grand Old Man of the stage. But just as she has completed her portrait, the old actor dies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic crime - well done!
- By Cathy Puzey on 06-22-16
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Spinsters in Jeopardy
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
A classic Ngaio Marsh mystery thriller combining drugs and sacrifice. High in the mountains stands the magnificent Saracen fortress, home of the mysterious Mr. Oberon, leader of a coven of witches. It is not the historic castle, however, that intrigues Roderick Alleyn, on holiday with his family, but the suspicion that a huge drugs ring operates from within its ancient portals. But before the holiday is over, someone else has stumbled upon the secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best I have read so far.
- By Miranda on 04-07-16
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Scales of Justice
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish.... Scales of Justice was first published in 1955.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful fish story
- By Helen L. on 10-12-16
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Off with His Head
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh’s most fascinating murder mysteries. When the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate the rare survival of folk dancing still practised there, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction - two of the other enthusiasts are also spoiling for a fight.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This was a no... thumps down... for me.
- By Marianna on 09-03-18
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Died in the Wool
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Ngaio Marsh returns to her New Zealand roots to transplant the classic country house murder mystery to an upland sheep station on South Island - and produces one of her most exotic and intriguing novels. One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, MP, one of the most formidable women in New Zealand, goes to her husband’s wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story somewhat marred
- By Beverly Taylor on 07-02-17
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Colour Scheme
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Maurice Questing was left to die in a pool of boiling mud. Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles he'd hated, the New Zealanders he'd despised or the Maoris he'd insulted. Even the spies he'd thwarted - if he wasn't a spy himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love, love, love this story
- By Bethany on 04-05-16
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Surfeit of Lampreys
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander’s first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye.... The Lampreys had plenty of charm - but no cash. They all knew they were peculiar - and rather gloried in it. The double and triple charades, for instance, with which they would entertain their guests - like rich but awful Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth waiting for!!!
- By Meep on 11-26-15
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False Scent
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen. Little did beloved British actress Mary Bellamy know that she would be done in at her own birthday party - choked by toxic mist from the bottle of Slaypest, a deadly insecticide. Basking in the glow of her most adoring fans - who all happened to be her most duplicitous enemies - Mary would make her final performance.
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Singing in the Shrouds
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
On a cold February night, the police find the third corpse on the quayside in the Pool of London, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer walked away singing. When the cargo ship Cape Farewell sets sail, she carries nine passengers, one of whom is known to be the murderer. Which is why Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship at Portsmouth on the most difficult assignment of his professional career....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nicely diverting
- By Helen L. on 12-17-16
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Dead Water
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
The elderly Emily Pride is perfectly pleased to have inherited an island, even if her starchy pragmatism is ever so faintly appalled by the Pixie Falls spring and its reported miraculous healing properties. But really, the locals' attempts to capitalize on the 'miracles' are entirely too tacky - Ye Olde Gift Shoppe, the neon signs…not on Miss Emily’s watch, thank you.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Murder in the Highlands
- By DJDecca on 01-25-16
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Artists in Crime
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
One of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy. It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model’s pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been reenacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed forever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen. It’s a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant reading
- By Phebe on 10-13-16
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Hand in Glove
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Sinden
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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 - forever. 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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The audiobook would have been better if Saxon narrated
- By Anne on 02-18-16
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Vintage Murder
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
A touring theatre company in New Zealand forms the basis of one of Marsh’s most ambitious and innovative novels. New Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer wanted to celebrate his wife’s birthday in style. The piece de résistance would be the jeroboam of champagne which would descend gently into a nest of fern and coloured lights on the table, set up on stage after the performance. But something went horribly wrong. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn witnessed it himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Imagery of New Zealand
- By Mack Tennyson on 03-31-16
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Tied Up in Tinsel
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Christmastime in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there’s murder inside. When a much disliked visiting servant disappears without trace after playing Santa Claus, foul play is at once suspected - and foul play it proves to be. Only suspicion falls not on the staff but on the guests, all so unimpeachably respectable that the very thought of murder in connection with any of them seems almost heresy.
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Clutch of Constables
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 89
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel which features blood-curdling murders in the confines of a riverboat, the Zodiac, cruising through Constable country. 'He looks upon the murders that he did in fact perform as tiresome and regrettable necessities', reflected Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn on the international crook known as 'the Jampot'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A most entertaining performance!
- By G. Malloy on 03-14-17
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When in Rome
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: James Saxon
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
Murder, blackmail and drug dealing on the Tiber combine in one of Ngaio Marsh’s liveliest and most evocative novels. 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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't go wrong with Ngaio Marsh
- By Mack Tennyson on 07-05-16
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The Nursing Home Murder
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon, and his beautiful nurse, Jane Harden, are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary - and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead. Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success, and Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn must find out why....
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting procedural
- By Jan H. Wolfe on 03-05-16
Publisher's Summary
Lord Pastern fired his revolver. The figure in the spotlight fell, and the coup-de-theatre had become murder. Could Inspector Alleyn believe Pastern had let hatred of his future son-in-law go too far? Or would the tangle of jealousies and blackmail among the guests reveal another murderer?
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- Mack Tennyson
- 10-30-16
I love this author and narrator.
These two make a perfect pair. I am afraid to figure out how many books I haven't listened to. It will be a sad day when I come to the end of the list! If you like nonviolent detective novels, you cannot do any better!
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- notlad
- 04-25-19
Needs Editing. One can download again, but really.
A good story, but this is the another Audible book that I have found where progress is cut up. This one has a part of Chapter one at the end of Chapter 6.
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- Barbara Hembling
- 04-17-16
Swing Brother Swing
As a!ways N Marsh is superb. Prefer Philip Franks readings of the books, how ever
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- Mary Blackhurst Hill
- 06-13-18
A Classic Ngaio Marsh
James Saxton's reading of this is superb. Here is Marsh's usual fantastical, yet utterly believable characters and her reliably ingenious plot. And, of course, the incomparable Alleyn. What's not to love?