| Author: | Ngaio Marsh | ISBN: | 9781937384500 |
| Publisher: | Felony & Mayhem Press | Publication: | December 15, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Felony & Mayhem Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ngaio Marsh |
| ISBN: | 9781937384500 |
| Publisher: | Felony & Mayhem Press |
| Publication: | December 15, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Felony & Mayhem Press |
| Language: | English |
Newly arrived from New Zealand and in need of funds, Martyn Tarne takes a job as a dresser to the Vulcan theater’s leading lady. This provides her with a ringside seat to the backstage circus and the eventual murder that occurs on opening night. Inspector Alleyn is soon called to solve the murder and inject a needed dose of pragmatism, but the novel’s greatest pleasure lies in the characterizations of the theatrical “types” Ngaio Marsh knew so well.
Newly arrived from New Zealand and in need of funds, Martyn Tarne takes a job as a dresser to the Vulcan theater’s leading lady. This provides her with a ringside seat to the backstage circus and the eventual murder that occurs on opening night. Inspector Alleyn is soon called to solve the murder and inject a needed dose of pragmatism, but the novel’s greatest pleasure lies in the characterizations of the theatrical “types” Ngaio Marsh knew so well.
