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Killer Dolphin

Killer Dolphin

by Ngaio Marsh

FictionNew Zealand Detective and mystery storiesPoliceRoderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)Translations into Russian
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About this book

The 24th formerly Inspector, now Superintendent Alleyn detective novel. A mysterious wealthy patron gives a young man a "bombed-out" theater along with a glove belonging to "the bard," Shakespeare. Once the theater is renovated, the man is inspired to write a play about the glove. The play is a success, a violent death occurs, someone is attacked and the glove is stolen.

Themes & subjects

FictionNew Zealand Detective and mystery storiesPoliceRoderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)Translations into RussianNew Zealand fiction

Setting

England

About the author

Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh

23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982

Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women, was world-renowned as a leading crime fiction writer and as an eminent Shakespearian producer. --ngaio-marsh.org

Author

Ngaio Marsh

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

33

Languages

English, Russian, German

Publisher

Jove

ISBN

9780007344772

Where to buy

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