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.

Reviews

'Cruising through Constable country, in both senses, with a cargo of strongly varied, cunningly suspect characters... the classic detective story.' The Times 'A good Marsh... which puts it into the "must" category.' The Sun 'It's time to compare Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.' New York Magazine '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