A Man Lay Dead
By: Ngaio Marsh
Series: Roderick Alleyn, #1
Publisher: Pyramid
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780515029864
Copyright date: 1934
Description: Ngaio Marsh was one of the queens (she has been called the empress) of England’s Golden Age of mystery fiction. And in true Golden Age fashion, her oeuvre opens with, yes, a country-house party between the two world wars – servants bustling, gin flowing, the gentlemen in dinner jackets, the ladies all slink and smolder. Even more delicious: The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, has invented a new and especially exciting version of that beloved parlor entertainment, The Murder Game.