Death in a White Tie - Brossura

Marsh, Ngaio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0006167977 ISBN 13: 9780006167976

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1993

Riassunto

Debutantes and chaperons were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim. But Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene.

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L'autore:

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handed revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES

The season had begun.

Débutantes and chaperons were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls.

And the blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim.

But Chief-Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene.

But someone else got there first...

"Ngaio Marsh's 'Death in a White Tie' is the best detective story I have read..."
DASHIELL HAMMETT

"The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an express."
THE SUN

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0006167977
• ISBN 13: 9780006167976
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352