Death in Ecstasy

from anthonywillard

Ngaio Marsh is one of my favorite mystery authors, but Death in Ecstasy fell sort of flat for me. The plot is way too vague to prevent the story line from getting monotonous. The detection consists of a long series of inconclusive interviews with the several suspects, all of whom are introduced a...

from jeffome

I struggled with this one....all i can say is thank god i did not start with this Marsh book, because i may likely have never tried another... I have enjoyed the handful i have read up until now, but this one is a near fail for me. Basically, I did not like anyone involved in the book....not even...

from wdwilson3

Getting better. Oh-so-talkie police procedural has a bit of mystery to it, though the book is burdened with pseudo-American talk, mockery of gays, and drug naivete.

from antiquary

a woman being initiated into a cult called the House of the Sacred Flame drops dead after drinking from a chalice.

from book58lover

This is my first experience with Ngaio Marsh's writing and I enjoyed it. I had to put my Agatha Christie ears on because the language and allusions were in her style because they were contemporaries. And that was fun for me because I have read all the Christie books and wanted something similar. ...