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
GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byWanda McCaddon
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 22, 2005
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
11Chapter 11
2Chapter 2
12Chapter 12
3Chapter 3
13Chapter 13
4Chapter 4
14Chapter 14
5Chapter 5
15Chapter 15
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6Chapter 6
16Chapter 16
7Chapter 7
17Chapter 17
8Chapter 8
18Chapter 18
9Chapter 9
19Chapter 19
10Chapter 10
About the author
Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982), born in New Zealand, wrote over thirty detective novels. Many of her stories had theatrical settings, as her real passion was for the theater. She was both an actress and a producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in live theater. In 1966 she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.View all by Ngaio Marsh
