<p>Ngaio Marsh's detective novels made her name known throughout the world. Now, with all the insight and sense of style her readers have come to expect of her, her autobiography reveals the influences and environment that have shaped her personality. Widely acclaimed when first published in 1965, Black Beech and Honeydew is a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh's childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishment of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the UK. It captures all the joys, fears and hopes of a spirited young woman growing up and transmits an artist's gradual awareness of the special flavour of life in New Zealand and the individual character of its landscape. Fully revised and updated in 1981, this new edition is reissued 21 years later as a commemoration of Ngaio Marsh's life and work. It is a sanguine, poised, unpretentious, thoughtful and often moving record of a full life, and - despite its unavailability for nearly 20 years - has been acclaimed as her most distinguished work. No one who had read and enjoyed any of Ngaio Marsh's 32 novels can afford to overlook this gifted and charming autobiography.</p>

Black Beech and Honeydew: An Autobiography

Literature & Fiction

MARSH, NGAIO

History & Criticism

Wm. Collins Sons & Co.

One of Ngaio Marsh's most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations - Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.

Black as he's painted

Collins [for] the Crime Club

Death and the Dancing Footman

Genre Fiction

Collins Crime

Scotland Yard's Inspector Alleyn searches for the faceless ""Jampot,"" a ruthless killer who can take on any personality, among a large number of passengers on a cruise ship. Reissue.

CLUTCH OF CONSTABLES.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Collins

Death At The Bar (Penguin)

Penguin

Grave Mistake

Hand in Glove

Young Ricky Alleyn has come to the picturesque fishing village of Deep Cove to write. Though the sleepy little town offers few diversions, Ricky manages to find the most distracting one of all: murder. For in a muddy ditch, he sees a dead equestrienne whose last leap was anything but an accident. And when Ricky himself disappears, the case becomes a horse of a different color for his father, Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

Last Ditch

The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck.But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene.Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience...

Light Thickens (The crime club)

The Nursing Home Murder

Jellett, Henry

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