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Clutch of Constables

Book Information
ISBN: 
0006167918
Series: 
Roderick Alleyn
Publisher: 
Harper Collins
Year of Publication: 
1989
Year of Publication: 
1968
Author Information
Author: 
Ngaio Marsh
Author's Home Country: 
New Zealand
Categorisation
Category: 
Crime Fiction
Sub Genre: 
Classics

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel which features blood-curdling murders in the confines of a riverboat, the Zodiac, cruising through Constable country. 'He looks upon the murders that he did in fact perform as tiresome and regrettable necessities,' reflected Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn on the international crook known as 'the Jampot'. But it was Alleyn's wife Troy who knew 'the Jampot' best: she had shared close quarters with him on the tiny pleasure steamer Zodiac on a cruise along the peaceful rivers of 'Constable country'. And it was she who knew something was badly wrong even before Alleyn was called in to solve the two murders on board...

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Clutch of Constables : Karen : 29 Jul 2011 - 4:10pm