Light Thikens

Product Description

The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck.
But one night the claymore swings and the dummy’s head is more than real: murder behind the scene.
Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience…

Review

‘Faithful to the hallowed conventions of English detection… a fine swansong.’Observer
‘As always she writes most elegantly.’Daily Telegraph
‘Still, quite simply, the greatest exponent of the classical English detective story.’Daily Telegraph

From the Back Cover

'"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers"'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, so the old superstition of the acting fraternity says, always brings bad luck.
But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real – and murder takes centre stage.
Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience…
'"Still, quite simply, the greatest exponent of the classical English detective story."'DAILY TELEGRAPH
'"Faithful to the hallowed conventions of English detection…a fine swansong."'OBSERVER
'"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
Don't miss the other Inspector Alleyn novels available in this series, including: 'Death in Ecstasy', 'False Scent', 'Grave Mistake', 'Singing in the Shrouds' and 'Swing, Brother, Swing'.

About the Author

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 an 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.