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A Man Lay Dead

By: Ngaio Marsh
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

©1934 Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Cozy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Murder
Solid Mystery • Entertaining Plot • Excellent Narration • Complex Puzzle • Clever Twists • Classic Whodunit

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Excellent narration of Ngaio Marsh’s first Scotland Yard tale. A fun read but a weak plot in general. Her later novels are much improved. Still fun to listen to.

The first Roderick Alleyn mystery

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This is the first Inspector Alleyn Mystery. The story isn’t of the same caliber as the later stories, but worth a read if you want to learn how it all began.

Great narration

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Can recommend. Excellent narrator and absolutely typical (in the best way) golden age murder mystery.

Ngaio Marsh deserves more recognition

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Well plotted story and as expected well written. Characters not especially endearing and the Russian part of plot was a bit peculiar. still a pleasure to listen to.

Clever Story

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Story well written great characters and kept me guessing the entire time - loved it and will read more by this author!

Narrator fabulous

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