Ngaio Marsh (Author of A Man Lay Dead)

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Ngaio Marsh

Born

in Christchurch, New Zealand

April 23, 1895

Died

February 18, 1982

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Dame Ngaio Marsh, born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900, but she was born in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Of all the "Great Ladies" of the English mystery's golden age, including Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh alone survived to publish in the 1980s. Over a fifty-year span, from 1932 to 1982, Marsh wrote thirty-two classic English detective novels, which gained international acclaim. She did not always see herself as a writer, but first planned a career as a painter.

Marsh's first novel, A MAN LAY DEAD (1934), which she wrote in London in 1931-32, introdu ...more

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	A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 16,185 ratings — published 1934 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 11,289 ratings — published 1938	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 9,557 ratings — published 1938 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,732 ratings — published 1940 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 7,312 ratings — published 1935 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clutch of Constables (Roderick Alleyn, #25) 4.14 avg rating — 4,816 ratings — published 1968 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Curtain (Roderick Alleyn, #14) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,746 ratings — published 1947 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 4,637 ratings — published 1939 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scales of Justice (Roderick Alleyn, #18) 3.99 avg rating — 4,377 ratings — published 1955 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) 3.96 avg rating — 4,211 ratings — published 1941 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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