A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn Series #1)

by Ngaio Marsh

Overview

Ngaio Marsh was one of the queens (she has been called the empress) of England’s Golden Age of mystery fiction. And in true Golden Age fashion, her oeuvre opens with, yes, a country-house party between the two world wars – servants bustling, gin flowing, the gentlemen in dinner jackets, the ladies all slink and smolder. Even more delicious: The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, has invented a new and especially exciting version of that beloved parlor entertainment, The Murder Game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934609842
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	11/16/2011
Series:	Roderick Alleyn Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

From her first book in 1934 to her final volume just before her death in 1982, Ngaio Marsh's work has remained legendary, and is often compared to that of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. During her celebrated fifty-year career, Marsh was made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, was named Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, won numerous prestigious awards, and penned 32 mystery novels.

Now St. Martin's Dead Letter Mysteries is thrilled to make all of Marsh's novels available again for old fans to relish and new ones to discover. So sit back, draw the curtains, lock the doors, and put yourself in the hands of the Grand Dame of detective novels...

Editorial Reviews

"it's time to start comparing christie to Marsh instead of the other way around."

New York Magazine