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The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck.But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene.Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience

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‘Faithful to the hallowed conventions of English detection… a fine swansong.’
Observer

‘As always she writes most elegantly.’
Daily Telegraph

‘Still, quite simply, the greatest exponent of the classical English detective story.’
Daily Telegraph

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    A Paperback by Ngaio Marsh

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 8/19/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780006512325, 978-0006512325
      ISBN10: 0006512321
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      Crime & Thrillers

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck.But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene.Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience

      Trade Review

      ‘Faithful to the hallowed conventions of English detection… a fine swansong.’
      Observer

      ‘As always she writes most elegantly.’
      Daily Telegraph

      ‘Still, quite simply, the greatest exponent of the classical English detective story.’
      Daily Telegraph

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