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A Man Lay Dead

By: Ngaio Marsh
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

©1934 Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Detective Feel-Good Murder
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Not her best story, but entertaining none the less. Excellent narration and presentation, easy listening.

Enjoyable light listening

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wonderful narration, excellent story. What more could you want from old school classic detection fiction.

excellent as always

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Philip Franks is brilliant as the narrator & the Russian/Polish side story was really entertaining. Loved it.

Entertaining Characters!

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I loved it, and it had me guessing right until the big reveal l! Phillip Franks did a wonderful job narrating, I could imagine all of the parts with ease. It was thoroughly enjoyable!

Alleyn catches his man!

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An interesting introduction to Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn. The added Russian element added frisson to the story line, which, however, was seemingly a little protracted at times. Nevertheless, an enjoyable listen.

Enthralling!

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