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Tied Up in Tinsel Tied Up in Tinsel Ngaio Marsh A Christmas pageant turns unholy. Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. … OL15400298W
The Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 1 The Ngaio Marsh Collection, Book 1 Ngaio Marsh Includes: *A Man Lay Dead Enter a Murderer The Nursing Home Murder* OL26295034W
Artists in Crime Artists in Crime Ngaio Marsh It was a bizarre pose for beautiful model Sonia Gluck--and her last. For in the draperies of her couch lay a fatal dagger, and behind her murder lies all the intrigue and acid-etched temperament of a… OL460670W
A Wreath For Rivera A Wreath For Rivera Ngaio Marsh Lord Pastern invited his society friends to a swank London nightclub to watch him stage one of his bizarre jokes. But when the joke turned in the "accidental" death of a band member, the laughter sto… OL460781W
A Man Lay Dead A Man Lay Dead Ngaio Marsh A game of Murder turns deadly when it ends in a real murder, in the country-house of Sir Hubert Handesley. Roderick Alleyn's first case. OL460783W
Light thickens Light thickens Ngaio Marsh "Is this a dagger which I see before me..." Four murders. Three witches. A fiendish lady. A homicidal husband. A ghost. No wonder "Macbeth "is considered such bad luck by theatre people that they wo… OL460790W
Grave mistake Grave mistake Ngaio Marsh A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday... A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estate in Upper Quintern and hiring the best gardener. In fac… OL460799W
The Nursing Home Murder The Nursing Home Murder Ngaio Marsh For an unlucky member of parliament, a hospital stay is the unkindest cut of all... When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But mi… OL460804W
Hand in Glove Hand in Glove Ngaio Marsh The April Fool's Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed – except for poor Mr Cartell who had ended up in the ditch – for ever. Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period's letter o… OL460809W
Died in the Wool Died in the Wool Ngaio Marsh One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears. Three weeks later she turns up at an auction, packed inside one of her ow… OL460810W
Black As He's Painted Black As He's Painted Ngaio Marsh When the exuberant president of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to … OL460812W
Final Curtain Final Curtain Ngaio Marsh After a lethal birthday dinner of champagne and crayfish, famed Shakespearian actor Sir Henry is dead, and the cast of suspects is a mile long. OL460817W
Death and the Dancing Footman Death and the Dancing Footman Ngaio Marsh With the notion of bringing together the most bitter of enemies for his own amusement, a bored, mischievous millionaire throws a house party. As a brutal snowstorm strands the unhappy guests, the par… OL460819W