Scales of Justice
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...
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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...
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Format: audiobook
Publish date: 2008 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Hachette Digital
Edition language: English
Series: Roderick Alleyn 1 (#18)
This was an enjoyable read but I knocked it down a bit for a couple of reasons. I find the technique of continually deferring explanation to the reader until the end to be a bit tedious. It diminishes my enjoyment when I have to wait for the explanation of all of the detective's "aha!" moments until...
Scales of Justice is a book from the middle segment of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Alleyn series and a superb example of the "serpent [even] in Paradise" type of Golden Age mysteries. Marsh goes to great lengths to establish the book's seemingly idyllic rural setting, beginning with its name, Swevening...
Scales of Justice is a book from the middle segment of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Alleyn series and a superb example of the "serpent [even] in Paradise" type of Golden Age mysteries. Marsh goes to great lengths to establish the book's seemingly idyllic rural setting, beginning with its name, Swevening...
Another successful buddy read! A most excellent choice, Themis! I'm so glad you suggested it.
Dreieinhalb Sterne für das (gekürzte) Hörbuch, plus einen halben Bonusstern für den vorzüglichen Vorleser. Mit sowas im Ohr macht sogar die stumpfsinnige Heimarbeit zur Zeitkontoauffüllung irgendwie Laune.
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