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Light Thickens
Ngaio Marsh
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Description for Light Thickens
Paperback.
The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck.
But one night the claymore swings and the dummy’s head is more than real: murder behind the scene.
Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in ... Read more
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006512325
SKU
V9780006512325
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Ngaio Marsh
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-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work ... Read more
Reviews for Light Thickens
‘Faithful to the hallowed conventions of English detection… a fine swansong.’ Observer ‘As always she writes most elegantly.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Still, quite simply, the greatest exponent of the classical English detective story.’ Daily Telegraph