Vintage Murder
Format: Mass Market
ISBN:
9780312971793 (0312971796)
Publish date: October 15th 1999
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery,
Murder Mystery,
Golden Age Mystery
Series: Roderick Alleyn 1 (#5)
The first of the early Alleyns to properly hit its stride. Told, unusually, primarily from Alleyn's point of view, it has Alleyn's personality finally established and a thankful absence of secret societies, communists, and Nigel Bathgate. The mystery is cleverly established. Not a stand-out, but ...
This was above average Marsh. Inspector Alleyn is on vacation, following a sick leave from Scotland Yard, it's hinted that he had a surgery of some sort. New Zealand is the place, Marsh knows it pretty well since it's her country where a Theater Company on tour finds itself with a huge problem. The...