description: Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander’s first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye....The Lampreys had plenty of charm - but no cash. They all knew they were peculiar - and rather gloried in it. The double and triple charades, for instance, with which they would entertain their guests - like rich but awful Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out - yet again.Instead Uncle Gabriel met a violent end. And Chief Inspector Alleyn had to work out which of them killed him....
language: English
title: Surfeit of Lampreys
titlecomplete: Surfeit of Lampreys (Penguin crime fiction)
characters: Lady Charles Lamprey, Stephen Lamprey, Henry Lamprey, Inspector Fox, Frid Lamprey, Mike Lamprey, Patch Lamprey, Cora Blackburn, Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, Colin Lamprey, Roberta Grey, Lord Charles Lamprey, Violet, Marchioness of Wutherwood and Rune, William Giggle, Lady Katherine Lobe, Gabriel, Marquis of Wutherwood and Rune, Mr. Rattisbon, Nigel Bathgate, Mrs. Burnaby, Grace Tinkerton, Mr. Grimball, Detective-Sergeant Bailey, Baskett
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Cozy Mystery, Classics, Historical Fiction, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 7364
places: England, New Zealand
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: Penguin