- Mystery, Police, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction in English
The April Fool's Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed – except for poor Mr Cartell who had ended up in the ditch – for ever. Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period's letter of condolence, sent before the body was found – not to mention the family squabbles. It was a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn...
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Classical in form, cool, resolved and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- First published
- 1962
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Chivers Audio Books, Harper
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- Russian, English, French
- ISBN
- 9785227017291
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- Mystery
- Police
- Open Library Staff Picks
- Fiction in English
- Fiction
- Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)
- English Detective and mystery stories
- Romans policiers
- Alleyn, roderick (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
- Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- London (england), fiction
“While he waited for the water to boil, Alfred belt stared absently at the kitchen calendar: 'With the compliments of The Little Codling Garage.”
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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