- Fiction, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Police, New Zealand fiction
A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her nerves are at the breaking point. Now her millionaire boyfriend has whisked her to a New Zealand island to recover.
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Classical in form, resolved, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- G.K. Hall, HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Amereon Ltd
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780848805807
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“One of the many marvels of Isabelle Sommita's techniques was her breathing: it was totally unobservable.”
Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women, was world-renowned as a leading crime fiction writer and as an eminent Shakespearian producer. --ngaio-marsh.org
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