Death at the Bar

Death at the Bar

by NgaioMarsh (Author)

Synopsis

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences. At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the tap-room. They are in the habit of playing darts, but on this occasion an experiment takes the place of the usual game -- a fatal experiment which calls for investigation. A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare, and a Devonshire farmer all play their parts in the unravelling of the problem...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: (Reissue)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 21 Aug 2000

ISBN 10: 0006512356
ISBN 13: 9780006512356

Media Reviews
'Full marks... a really clever problem in detection. It will need a really sharp brain to discover the criminal' Times Literary Supplement 'Read just one of Ngaio Marsh's novels and you've got to read them all...' Daily Mail 'The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress.' The Sun
Author Bio
Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh's real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public's interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her 'damery' in 1966.