False Scent by Ngaio Marsh

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False Scent by Ngaio Marsh

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Mary Bellamy, ageing darling of the London stage, holds a 50th-birthday party - a gala where she has assembled everyone who loves her and fears her power. Then someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of the azaleas. Superintendent Alleyn investigates.

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False Scent by Ngaio Marsh

Mary Bellamy, ageing darling of the London stage, holds a 50th-birthday party - a gala where she has assembled everyone who loves her and fears her power. Then someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of the azaleas. Superintendent Alleyn investigates.

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 an 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.

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ISBN 13 9780006155904
ISBN 10 0006155901
Title False Scent
Author Ngaio Marsh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1992-02-20
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.