Ngaio Marsh Livres

Five Days Out of Time … that was how the ad had described the Zodiac cruise on the “weirdly misted” English river. The passengers were the usual, unusual lot: a couple of unpleasantly hygienic Americans, an aloof Ethiopian doctor, a snooping cleric with a wall-eye, an artist running away from her success… But they were not all what they seemed. For Inspector Alleyn knew that one of them was the faceless “Jampot”—the ruthless killer who could take on any personality, whose thumb was a deadly weapon. The problem was, which one ? Alleyn had five days to trap him, or the other passengers would pay with their lives—and one of those passengers was Alleyn’s wife!

Atterrés, les fidèles du temple de la Flamme Sacrée contemplent le corps inerte de Miss Cara Quayne. Que s'est-il passé ? Pourtant, la cérémonie avait bien commencé. Chacun des adeptes avait bu dans la coupe de vin sacré, avec l'espoir d'entrer enfin en extase... Mais qui sont donc ces gens ? Des mystiques drogués, les victimes d'une énorme mascarade ou des criminels diaboliques ? Autant de questions que se pose notre très élégant et séduisant inspecteur Roderick Alleyn.

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the ninth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

The discovery of a piece of authentic Shakespearean memorabilia leads to a murder at the recently reopened Dolphin theater and Inspector Alleyn investigates

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the third volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the tenth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the fifth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

The murder of a famous opera soprano finds Inspector Alleyn crawling around backstage in her life, interviewing agents, past lovers, servants, and others hoping to learn who dispatched La Sommita with her own stiletto.