by Ngaio Marsh
A murder mystery set around Macbeth, this book is what kept my sanity during my first Leaving Cert cause I was studying the play.
Guido Gozzano, was born in Turin in 1883, his father was a successful engineer and his mother was the daughter of Massimo Mautino, a Senator, patriot and supporter of Giuseppe Mazzini and Massimo D'Azeglio. Guido spent his life in Turin and in Agliè (in the Canavese area), where his family owned sev...
The final Alleyn, an exceedingly atmospheric book diving head-first into Marsh's favourite mileau of the theatre. While the mystery intrigued, the characters breathed, the motive for the murder unfortunately was not strong.
The next-to-last and last in the Inspector Alleyn series. They were….alright. Quite honestly, they made me glad that there were no more because Alleyn didn’t have the charm and interest which makes the earlier books so readable. Black as He’s Painted and Last Ditch were much better.
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