Ngaio marsh artists in crime5/24/2023 ![]() One of the five party guests named Charles Rankin would be found laying lifeless on the floor after a round of the “Murder” party game is played and the lights are turned on. ![]() ![]() The book itself tells the story of the gentleman inspector Roderick Alleyn arriving at a country home party gone wrong. The author would later on convey to us the writing process of the book along with all the reasons she decided to write one in the essay titled “Roderick Alleyn” which she wrote for a magazine located in her home country New Zealand. I will go over the first ten books of the Roderick Alleyn series in chronological order to give you a taste of the iconic author’s most iconic work.Ī Man Lay Dead is one of the best selling Ngaio Marsh books which is a highly impressive feat considering it is both the first book of the series and the first published book of the author. ![]() The first book would be written with Ngaio Marsh wanting to write a book similar to Agatha Christie and buying five exercise books along with a murder-themed party game. Ngaio Marsh was best known for her book series featuring a heroic policeman named Roderick Alleyn which went on for thirty-two books. ![]()
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