Vintage Murder
by Ngaio Marsh
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimerealisticintricatelinearsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeA layered mystery, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunningly beautiful. No one-including her lover-understood why she married the company's pudgy producer. But did she rig a huge jeroboam of champagne to kill her husband during a cast party? Did her sweetheart? Or was another villain waiting in the wings?
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- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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