by Ngaio Marsh, James Saxon
Inspector Alleyn mystery. One of Marsh’s theatre mysteries, but not my favorite. Almost no one comes off well, and the whole thing seems sort of awful. [July 2011]
Back to Marsh's strength with a theatrical murder. Structurally this is an unusual mystery, spanning over a year and a half. In many ways it is more paean to Shakespeare, to theatre, than it is mystery. Overall it works well, and the primary protagonist is a likeable type. It doesn't quite captu...
[These notes were made in 1985:]. Marsh puts her obsession with the theatre to good use in this one, for she can squeeze more oddball characters into a square inch than usual when her 'closed circle' is of theatre people. Once again the puzzle is splendidly complicated - a glove which may have been...
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