Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh

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Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh

Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near the decaying sulphur springs of Colonel and Mrs. Claire, the strange lights and signals being sent to foreign ships at sea indicate that there's a spy in their midst. Soon an even darker sign appears: a health-seeker with untoward intentions meets his demise in the boiling mud baths. Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, knows that any number of people could have killed the unpleasant man: the English exiles he'd hated, the New Zealanders he'd despised, or the Maoris he'd insulted. Even the spies he'd thwarted--if he wasn't a spy himself. And when a new arrival appears, one who possesses the cunning of a criminal and the insight of a psychologist, the inspector's interest is piqued. Often regarded as her most interesting book and set on New Zealand's North Island, Ngaio Marsh herself considered this to be her best-written novel.

Ngaio Marsh's work has remained legendary from her first book in 1934 to her final volume right before her death in 1982, and she is frequently likened to Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

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ISBN 13 9781937384555
ISBN 10 1937384551
Title Colour Scheme
Author Ngaio Marsh
Series Inspector Roderick Alleyn Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Felony & Mayhem
Year published 2013-03-16
Number of pages 312
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.