Length9h 40m
About this audiobook
Murder gets into the act in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel—and aShakespearean actor takes his final bow.
Beautiful Troy Alleyn, artist wife of Inspector Alleyn, had been warned about the famed old Shakespearean actor Sir Henry and his eccentric household. But she was not prepared for the acts of malice and mischief that would ensue at his birthday party.
Now Sir Henry is dead, after a large and lethal birthday dinner of champagne and crayfish—and after changing his will in favor of his glamorous young fianc├®e. And Troy is suddenly star witness in one of her husband's most sensational cases. Together, the Alleyns must determine which of the flamboyant characters at Sir Henry's house brought down the final curtain and turned a drawing room farce into tragedy.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (6.4K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byWanda McCaddon
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 22, 2005
LanguageEnglish
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