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Feb 19, 2017
Gillian Kevern
rated it
it was amazing
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This is my favourite Ngaio Marsh, and part of the reason is that it doesn't follow the usual pattern of detective novels. Almost two-thirds of the novel is the story of a play. Ngaio Marsh is as well known in NZ for her patronage of drama as she is her detective fiction, and she was an enthusiastic actor, set designer and director in her youth. Her love for theatre and knowledge of the dramatic world really fed into the book. I got really invested in the behind-the-scenes information, the castin
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Oct 30, 2018
Gemima
marked it as to-read
