Enter a Murderer
Published on 12. November 2020
186 pages
978-1-937384-29-6 (ISBN)
Description
A policeman in the audience sees an all-too-real death scene on a London stage: "Good enough to satisfy the most critical reader of detective stories." -
The New York Times
Inspector Roderick Alleyn has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. And when it comes to interviewing witnesses, actors can be a deceptive lot...
"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." - New York Magazine
Inspector Roderick Alleyn has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. And when it comes to interviewing witnesses, actors can be a deceptive lot...
"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." - New York Magazine
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09/2012
Felony & Mayhem
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Person
By Ngaio Marsh
Content
- ENTER A MURDE RER
- CONTENTS
- 1. Prologue to a Play
- 2. "Overture and Beginners, Please"
- 3. Death of the Beaver
- 4. Alleyn Takes Over
- 5. Statement of the Stage Manager
- 6. Into the Small Hours
- 7. Props
- 8. Felix Gardener
- 9. Stephanie Vaughan's Shoulder
- 10. The Day After
- 11. Nigel Turns Sleuth
- 12. Surbonadier's Flat
- 13. Contents of an Iron-Bound Box
- 14. Gardener Looks Backwards
- 15. Achilles' Heel
- 16. The Inquest
- 17. Sloane Street to the Yard
- 18. Arrest
- 19. Nigel Warned Off
- 20. Exit Props
- 21. This Ineffable Effrontery
- 22. Final Curtain
- 23. Epilogue to a Play
