The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn Series #3)

by Ngaio Marsh

Overview

For one unfortunate British politician, murder is the worst medicine: “An ingenious, logical, and sparkling tale.” —The New York Times

For Member of Parliament Sir Derek O’Callaghan, a simple visit to the hospital proves fatal. But as Inspector Alleyn will discover, any number of people had reason to help the gentleman to his just reward, including a sour surgeon, a besotted nurse, a resentful wife, and a cabinet full of political rivals, in this classic of detection by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.

“A peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews

“It’s time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.” —New York Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934609965
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	11/12/2020
Series:	Roderick Alleyn Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	45,134
File size:	621 KB

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...

Table of Contents

1. 10 Downing Street 2. Introduces a Patent Medicine 3. Sequel to a Scene in the House 4. Post-Operative 5. Lady O’Callaghan Insists. 6. Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn 7. Post-Mortem 8. Hyoscine 9. Three Nurses 10. Thoms in the Theatre. 11. The Anæsthetist 12. The Lenin Hall Lot 13. Surprising Antics of a Chemist 14. “Fulvitavolts” 15. The “Clean Breast” of Sir John Phillips 16. Reconstruction Begun 17. Reconstruction Concluded 18. Retrospective

Editorial Reviews

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

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