Roderick Alleyn Mysteries: A Wreath for Rivera (Audiobook)

from foggidawn

When a sleazy musician is murdered onstage before the very eyes of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, you would think that solving the murder would be simple -- but the truth is far from it! Between an ingenious method of delivering the killing blow and a complex web of motives, Alleyn will be hard-put t...

from Nandakishore_Varma

I absolutely love British mysteries. True, they are not realistic: more an exercise in cerebration than realistic criminal investigation. It is a sort of magic trick-literary sleight of hand. We try to guess - without success - "whodunit"; and we are delighted when in the last chapter, the detect...

from themulhern

More mature writing by Marsh. Nigel Bathgate makes a brief appearance, but he actually has some purpose as the mystery is connected with the ownership of a periodical. The characters may be caricatures, but they are vividly drawn. The setting is post-war, and there is a definite shortage of food....

from atimco

I know why they put mysteries in three-novel volumes. It's because once you get started on a good author, it becomes compulsory to keep reading. Ngaio Marsh is no exception, and A Wreath for Rivera is quite up to her usual standard. A band member is killed during a nightclub performance (literall...

from amelish

Oh these lady novelists.