num_pages: 304
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 our which of them killed him...
language: English
title: Surfeit Of Lampreys
titlecomplete: Surfeit Of Lampreys (Roderick Alleyn, #10)
characters: Grace Tinkerton, Mr. Rattisbon, Roberta Grey, Lady Katherine Lobe, Violet, Marchioness of Wutherwood and Rune, Colin Lamprey, Mrs. Burnaby, Frid Lamprey, Baskett, Patch Lamprey, Cora Blackburn, Gabriel, Marquis of Wutherwood and Rune, Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, Nigel Bathgate, William Giggle, Mike Lamprey, Detective-Sergeant Bailey, Lady Charles Lamprey, Henry Lamprey, Mr. Grimball, Inspector Fox, Stephen Lamprey, Lord Charles Lamprey
genres: Classics, British Literature, Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Detective, Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 7364
places: New Zealand, England
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited