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Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn, #22)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

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May 02, 2022 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ngaio-marsh

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May 28, 2019 Shauna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: golden-age-crime, 2019

A good addition to the series although I have noticed that Ngaio Marsh does rather an unpleasant line in aging spinsters. They always seem to be both pathetic and completely lacking in sympathy and they do crop up in an awful lot of her books.

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Mar 04, 2017 Gillian Kevern rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, queens-of-crime, classic, police-procedural, 1960s

It's never possible to read just one Ngaio Marsh, is it?

I finished Dead Water and pretty much immediately picked up Hand in Glove. A really satisfying mystery with an interesting cast. A really strong, satisfying solution. ...more

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