Vintage Murder

Ngaio Marsh

Oct 2015 · Inspector Alleyn Book 5 · Little, Brown Book Group · Narrated by James Saxon

About this audiobook

New Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer wanted to celebrate his wife's birthday in style. The piece de résistance would be the jeroboam of champagne which would descend gently into a nest of fern and coloured lights on the table, set up on stage after the performance.
But something went horribly wrong. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn witnessed it himself. Was Meyer's death the product of Maori superstitions? Or something much more down to earth?

Ratings and reviews

Very interesting but maybe just a little too much Miss Dakers. And what happened between cptr 7 and 8? It seems like something was missed. Good reading as always.

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 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.