Alleyn and Others: The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh
Apart from three of the shorter cases of Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn—introduced to us as a Detective-Inspector but inevitably being promoted (over his fifty-year career) to the rank of Detective-Chief-Superintendent—this collection includes an introduction to Marsh’s life and work by Douglas...
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Apart from three of the shorter cases of Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn—introduced to us as a Detective-Inspector but inevitably being promoted (over his fifty-year career) to the rank of Detective-Chief-Superintendent—this collection includes an introduction to Marsh’s life and work by Douglas G. Greene; essays by Marsh describing the “births” of Alleyn and his wife Troy
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781558820289 (1558820280)
Publisher: International Polygonics
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
While most of these stories are little more than anecdotes, rather than full-blown mysteries, this is a readable collection, and particularly interesting for Marsh's explanation of the background and development of the characters of Alleyn and Troy.
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