A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
To amuse his house guests Sir Hubert Handsley devises a new form of the murder game. But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back - and seven suspects have had ample time to concoct amusing alibis.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 | 9780006155911 |
| ISBN 10 | 000615591X |
| Title | A Man Lay Dead |
| Author | Ngaio Marsh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1993-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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