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False Scent

False Scent

by NgaioMarsh (Author)

Synopsis

Mary Bellamy, ageing darling of the London stage, holds a 50th birthday party. But someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of on the azaleas. The suspects are playing the part of mourners. Superintendent Alleyn has to find out which one has played the part of murderer.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: (Reissue)
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03 Dec 2001
ISBN 10: 000651247X
ISBN 13: 9780006512479

Media Reviews
'Miss Marsh triumphs.' Daily Telegraph 'High-spirited, amusing .. neatly contrived from start to finish.' New Statesman 'As high-spirited and amusing as Surfeit of Lampreys.' New Statesman
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.