Death and the Dancing Footman
by Ngaio Marsh
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsdeep rivalry
Boxlist takeLayered and intimate: a mystery that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
With the notion of bringing together the most bitter of enemies for his own amusement, a bored, mischievous millionaire throws a house party. As a brutal snowstorm strands the unhappy guests, the party receives a most unwelcome visitor: death. Now the brilliant inspector Roderick Alleyn must step in to decipher who at the party is capable of cold-blooded murder.
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- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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