Death at the Bar (Roderick Alleyn Series #9)

by Ngaio Marsh

Overview

Setting in for a cozy night of brandy and darts at the pub, an inebriated lawyer suffers a seemingly harmless dart puncture. But within moments of his injury, the unlucky barrister loses more than a simple game of darts -- he loses his life. Called in to investigate this alleged accident, Inspector Roderick Alleyn wonders about the rules of this friendly bar game -- and probes into a pub full of motives for murder....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780884114765
Publisher:	Amereon LTD.
Publication date:	01/28/1976
Series:	Roderick Alleyn Series , #9
Pages:	335
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.81(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

From her first book in 1934 to her final volume just before her death in 1982, Ngaio Marsh's work has remained legendary, and is often compared to that of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. During her celebrated fifty-year career, Marsh was made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, was named Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, won numerous prestigious awards, and penned 32 mystery novels.

Now St. Martin's Dead Letter Mysteries is thrilled to make all of Marsh's novels available again for old fans to relish and new ones to discover. So sit back, draw the curtains, lock the doors, and put yourself in the hands of Grande Dame of detective novels...

Editorial Reviews

It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.

New York Magazine

"It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." —New York magazine

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