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by Ngaio Marsh

ISBN: 1405507985
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group; Abridged edition (June 10, 2010)
Language: English
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Felony & mayhem press, new york. Hopelessly vieux jeu, my dear Alleyn.

Читать онлайн Enter A Murderer.

Hopelessly vieux jeu, my dear Alleyn. Читать онлайн Enter A Murderer. When I showed this manuscript to my friend, Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn, of the Criminal Investigation Department, he said

Ngaio Marsh was, among other things, a well-respected theatrical producer (having started out as an actress), and her passion for and knowledge of the theater was displayed in many of Alleyn's adventures. In Enter a Murderer, the Inspector has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. Thriller & Crime.

A number are set around theatrical productions (Enter a Murderer, Vintage Murder, Overture to Death . In 2018, HarperCollins Publishers released Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy. The book was started by Marsh during World War II but abandoned.

A number are set around theatrical productions (Enter a Murderer, Vintage Murder, Overture to Death, Opening Night, Death at the Dolphin, and Light Thickens), and three others are about actors off stage (Colour Scheme, False Scent and Final Curtain). Her short story "'I Can Find My Way Out" is also set around a theatrical production and is the earlier "Jupiter case" referred to in Opening Night.

She wrote more than 40 books including the Roderick Alleyn Mysteries series and Black Beech and Honeydew.

Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения. She wrote more than 40 books including the Roderick Alleyn Mysteries series and Black Beech and Honeydew. She also wrote theatrical and television plays. The Mystery Writers of America named her a Grand Master in 1977. She died on February 18, 1982 at the age of 82.

Enter a Murderer book. Ngaio Marsh is very famous but, although her plots are well conceived, her dialogue is so over the top and pretentious that it makes her books difficult to read

Enter a Murderer book. Ngaio Marsh is very famous but, although her plots are well conceived, her dialogue is so over the top and pretentious that it makes her books difficult to read. Surely, even in the 1930's people just did not talk like this.

Nigel, Alleyn and Bailey did not speak, but fell back a little. Nigel was still shaken by his escape from the chandelier. The man did not turn his face away from the wall until he had completed his descent. Then he swung round slowly. Bailey moved forward and seized his arm. Now then - you, he said. Don’t you act old-fashioned at me, snarled the man. Just a minute, Bailey, said Alleyn. Bailey stared indignantly round

The second book from Chief-Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn series.

The second book from Chief-Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn series. CHAPTER I. Prologue to a Play3. CHAPTER II. Overture and Beginners, Please 4.

Ngaio marsh series: Roderick Alleyn. In this, the first of Marsh's justifiably famous theatre-mysteries, Inspector Roderick Alleyn has been invited to an opening night by his journalist friend Nigel Bathgate. In the play, two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, on this particular performance, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks.

The crime was committed on stage at the Unicorn Theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was Arthur Surbonadier, an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent; the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases.

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Anararius

The leading man shoots another actor on stage. The gun was supposed to have dummy cartridges, but the ammunition somehow turned out to be real. Inspector Roderick and his sidekick journalist Nigel Bathgate watch the death from excellent seats. The acting is so good that the audience applauds resoundingly, unaware of the tragedy.

Alleyn’s biggest obstacle in solving the case is how well all the actors act, and how well everyone lies. In general, actors in books irritate me; they always seem overly theatrical. But Ngaio Marsh does such a good job of portraying character in this book, that I was able to enjoy the story thoroughly.

Alleyn‘s droll remarks and posh demeanor keep the narrative lively. And Nigel, despite his boyish fits of pique, is an intelligent and appealing Watson. Enter a Murderer was first published in 1935. It has all the expected qualities of Golden Age crime fiction: cleverness, wit and charm.

MeGa_NunC

Ngaio Marsh (1985-1982) was one of the four “Queens of Crime” (the others being Marjorie Allingham, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers) who largely defined the 20th Century English murder mystery. All her mystery novels feature Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard, and the 1935 ENTER A MURDERER is his second appearance. The novel also marks the first appearance of a character that will eventually be known as “Br’er Fox,” Alleyn’s most trusted assistant.

Although she is now best recalled as an author, Marsh was also a professional stage actress and director, and ENTER A MURDERER is set against the theatrical world that she knew so well. Reporter Nigel Bathgate has received two tickets for a popular stage thriller playing at The Unicorn Theatre, a play titled The Rat and the Badger. He invites Alleyn to join him for the performance—and pretense becomes fact when an actor is murdered.

In Marsh’s first novel, A MAN LAY DEAD, Alleyn was a cardboardish figure, and most of the novel followed Bathgate. In ENTER A MURDERER, however, Alleyn is much more developed and completely in charge, and the result is much more satisfying. The people who work at the theatre, and the atmosphere of the theatre itself, is also memorably developed. This is still not Marsh at her best, but it is easy to see how rapidly her confidence as a writer has improved, and although the book takes a few mis-turns, it is a fascinating read. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

OCARO

Not her best, but Ngaio Marsh is an excellent writer and plotter. Her characters are interesting and Roderick Alleyn is the best detective of this genre in my opinion - Same period as Peter Wimsey - but a man and unlike Dorothy Sayers, Marsh writes the story doesn't begin it with the most boring rehash of a coroner's inquest. A college professor got me started on these years ago because I was a theatre/English major and like this novel, Marsh often has her murders theater related.

caif

Ngaio Marsh is especially interesting when she is dealing with actors,, and this early tale is rife with them.
Alleyn is his usual insightful self, but shows the early, somewhat whimsical side of his character in this
theater-centered mystery. He even allows himself some momentary interest in a female character.
(This is quite some time before Troy enters the picture, so it's OK!) Alleyn's entrapment of an extremely
bold and clever murderer has cliff-hanger moments, but he Gets his Man (or was it a woman?)

Alsantrius

Having read these quite some while ago I decided to read them again after these many years but in absolute sequence. Thus, this is the second book in a long series. As such it has Marsh's keen eye for character development and a plot that unfolds gradually. Perhaps because it was such an early book it is not as riveting as I recall. Still, it is reliably entertaining.

Ximinon

i love all of Ngaio Marsh's books as well as the BBC's Mystery series based on her books. She introduces her characters briefly, at the same time giving the reader/listener insight into individual personality. When the obnoxious actor is murdered, the reader goes with Inspector Alleyn through suspect interviews and background checks. Ms. Marsh weaves her facts into and interesting story filled with interesting characters.

Frey

Am working my way through Ngaio Marsh's Roderick Alleyn series picking up ones I hadn't previously read.
Insp. Alleyn and his friend, Nigel Bathgate attend the theater in ENTER A MURDERER and have front row seats for the crime. The mystery play produces a real murder, but who killed actor Arthur Subonadier during the performance is a mystery that leaves both men shaking their heads.
A well crafted police detective novel that will keep you reading through some rather long scenes that add little to the story.
Good read.
Nash Black, author of CARDS OF DEATH.

"Enter a Murderer" is the second in Ngaio Marsh's "Inspector Allyen" series. You may want to read the first book, "A Man Lay Dead", before this one as one of the first book's character, Nigel Bathgate, plays a significant role in book # 2 but it is not necessary to do so. The book is about a murder involving a theater group. All characters well developed and a suspenseful plot. Highly recommend.

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