Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to date confined his investigations to England, but Vintage Murder finds him journeying to New Zealand (Ngaio Marsh?s homeland). Traveling with Alleyn are the members of the Carolyn Dacres English Comedy Company. The actors' operatic intrigues offer an amusing diversion until, unexpectedly, they turn deadly. And Alleyn learns, not for the last time, that while he may be able to leave his badge back in Blighty, he?s still a policeman, even on the other side of the world.
"Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to date confined his investigations to England, but Vintage Murder finds him journeying to New Zealand (Ngaio Marsh?s homeland). Traveling with Alleyn are the members of the Carolyn Dacres English Comedy Company. The actors' operatic intrigues offer an amusing diversion until, unexpectedly, they turn deadly. And Alleyn learns, not for the last time, that while he may be able to leave his badge back in Blighty, he?s still a policeman, even on the other side of the world."@en
"Des acteurs d'une troupe de théâtre sont les témoins d'un drame particulièrement brutal dans lequel une bouteille de champagne joue un rôle primordial, ainsi qu'un tiki, un mystérieux fétiche maori. Le criminel se cache parmi les membres de la tournée. L'inspecteur Alleyn découvrira celui-ci en même temps que la solution du problème posé."
"On vacation in New Zealand, Roderick Alleyn meets a theatre troupe engaged in a real-life drama. When the producer is killed at a celebration party, Alleyn moves quickly behind the scenes, where he encounters a malevolent Maori idol in an atmosphere of vintage murder. - Flyleaf."@en
"Caroline made her usual dramatic entrance. 'Darlings!' she exclaimed. 'What's all this? Too exciting - and all for me!' She picked up the scissors. Dimly-lit faces peered at the beautiful woman who stood with one arm raised, while a small fat man bent over the table. Suddenly Alleyn felt intolerably fearful - but at that moment Caroline cut the cord. Something enormous flashed down among them from the hidden heights and Allen's growing sense of horror became reality ..."@en
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