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Off With His Head - Ngaio Marsh
Off With His Head
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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.... show more
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
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B002YPORTY
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Cozy Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Historical
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2.0 Death of a Fool (St. Martin's Dead Letter Mysteries)
text Death of a Fool (St. Martin's Dead Letter Mysteries)
Hm. I know not what to think about Ngaio Marsh. According to SOME PEOPLE (aka the people who write blurbs for the back of Ngaio Marsh's books), Agatha Christie should be compared to her, rather than vice versa but that's a bit of a stretch. Because I love Agatha Christie, I've been desperately searc...
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Interesting but not quite compelling. The issue of class rears its head in this book and (like many other occasions in Marsh) although her characters repeatedly talk about reverse snobbism and pretend that class doesn't matter, there is a distinct sense of Top Drawer about some characters, and a di...
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Other editions (4)
Death of a Fool (AKA Off with His Head) - Ngaio Marsh
Death of a Fool (St. Martin's Dead Letter Mysteries) - Ngaio Marsh
Off With His Head ~ Ppr - Ngaio Marsh
Off With His Head - Ric Jerrom, Ngaio Marsh
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