Crime comes to a country house: “Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A, and this one is no exception. ” —The New York Times

This classic from the Golden Age of British mystery opens during 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 …

“It’s time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around. ” —New York Magazine

“A peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery. ” —Kirkus Reviews

© 2011 Felony & Mayhem Press (E-Book): 9781934609958

Erscheinungsdatum

E-Book: 16. November 2011