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Clutch of Constables (Roderick Alleyn, #25)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: January 17, 2020

Finish date: February 10, 2020

Discussion: Archive: Ngaio Marsh Buddy Reads

Why we're reading this: After 2 years of Ngaio Marsh challenges, some of us want to read the rest of the series as buddy reads.
[close] After 2 years of Ngaio Marsh challenges, some of us want to read the rest of the series as buddy reads.

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May 27, 2021 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ngaio-marsh

Nothing like a Ngaio Marsh mystery. This one is set on a river cruise told initially by Troy who is on the cruise and suspects something is amiss. The unusually named international criminal Jampot a very odd name who is a murderer, forger, thief and ruthless.

The sedate river cruise is set in Constable country with a butterfly collector, a Ethiopian doctor, eccentric spinster who is very annoying, a cockney real estate owner and two Americans a brother and sister.

Murder takes place with Alleyn ...more

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Apr 26, 2016 Jazz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, mystery-british, isolated-setting

4 STARS | My first Ngaio Marsh mystery will not be my last. I loved everything about it: An atmospheric riverboat cruise between Norminster and Longminster on an English River in Constable country with overnight stops onshore; a closed group of suspects/characters that were easy to distinguish and remember; a climax occurring within a "Creeper" (a heavy fog); a story touching on art forgery and one of my favorite painters, Constable. Troy Alleyn, a painter, figures prominently in the story until ...more

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