num_pages: 251
description: A deadly dull man is now just plain dead in this novel by “a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery.” — Kirkus ReviewsOne has to admit that the timing was peculiar. No one could doubt that Mr. Percival Pyke Period was genuinely distraught to hear that his neighbor, Harry Cartell, had turned up dead in a ditch. But how is it that Mr. Percival Pyke came to write the letter of condolence before the body was found? And how is it that Mr. Cartell came to inspire such violence? Yes he was boring, yes he was stuffy, but who would kill a man for the crime of being a bad conversationalist? If tediousness has become grounds for murder, Inspector Alleyn shudders to think of the body count to come . . .“The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” — Times Literary Supplement“Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A.” — The New York Times
language: English
title: Hand in Glove
titlecomplete: Hand in Glove
characters: Sir James Curtis, George Copper, Mrs Nicholls, Sergeant Raikes, Mrs Mitchell, Inspector Fox, Mary "Moppett" Ralston, Percival Pyke Period, Andrew Bantling, Bimbo Dodds, Constance Cartell, Harold Cartell, Leonard Leiss, Desirée, Lady Bantling, Alfred Belt, Nicola  Maitland-Mayne, Superintendent Williams, Detective-Sergeant Thompson, Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, Detective-Sergeant Bailey
genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Detective, British Literature, Cozy Mystery, Crime, Police, Classics, Mystery
ratings_count: 2435
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited