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Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: February 1, 2018

Finish date: February 28, 2018

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Why we're reading this: The second book in our Ngaio Marsh challenge
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Feb 04, 2018 Pages rated it liked it

I would give this book a 3.5.

I enjoyed this slightly more than the first book, where we are first introduced to inspector Alleyn and Nigel Bathgate.

In this one, the duo are together watching a play when the the murder is committed on stage right before their eyes.

Alleyn is still slightly abrasive and Nigel is still finding his feet in this second book of the series.

I enjoyed the theatre setting and backstage mechanics.

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Apr 18, 2020 Doris rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: z-2020-challenge, z-2020-new, mystery

I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at theatre life, but the resolution to the mystery itself was unsatisfying.

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May 10, 2018 Elinor rated it liked it

Shelves: polar, ngaio-marsch-2018-challenge

3,75 Très sympa.

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Jan 20, 2018 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, ngaio-marsh

Was an interesting murder mystery, however not far into the book I had worked out who had committed the deed. I liked the detective Alleyn, and found it unusual to find a detective with a bit of a sense of humour. I'm not really a fan of Nigel Bathgate , the detective's newspaper reporter companion, who occupied a lot of the book's activity. I think probably the officers Fox and Bailey would appeal to me more in this roll, but could see that as a friend of the actors in question, he was useful. ...more

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Jan 09, 2018 Kathy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, historical, overdrive-libby, mystery-cozy

3.5 stars. I was disappointed because I really enjoyed the first book. The murder takes place in a theatre. I found her descriptions of the stage and backstage hard to follow. The characters weren't as interesting as book 1. ...more

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