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Dead Water (Roderick Alleyn, #23)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

Why we're reading this: Next in our Inspector Alleyn challenge.
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Apr 29, 2018 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ngaio-marsh

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Apr 21, 2014 Shauna rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: golden-age-crime, 2014

I didn't really enjoy this book. It fails on so many levels. A very stereotypical cast of characters - sexually frustrated spinsters, the retired army Major, a doctor, a clergyman and assorted poorly educated villagers.The detective is a romantic old-school English gentleman who never really comes to life in this story. Given her interest in the theatre I felt it would have worked better if Dame Marsh had written it as a play. The dialogue is hackneyed and the whole thing feels dated. Not one of ...more

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

Shelves: vintage, detective, mystery, nz-author, classic, 1960s

Another enjoyable Ngaio Marsh! All the classic elements of a whodunnit in an interesting setting, complicated by the presence of Detective Inspector Alleyn's French teacher. ...more

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