A Man Lay Dead / Enter a Murderer / The Nursing Home Murder

By Ngaio Marsh

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672 pages

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Sorcha
6/10 stars
I'm reading/listening to Ngaio Marsh/Inspector Alleyn stories out of order, so it can be a tad confusing when presented with an early in [return]the cycle story.[return][return]Originally published in 1935, this has the stereotypical characters - the out and out communists, still enamoured with the idea of the "all work together to over turn the upper class" (even though they'll happily take money to do a job until the reigning class have been overturned); the upper class Harely street private doctors and nurses; the MPs who'll work through whatever pain to pass the necessary bills only to die after being operated on.[return][return]It's not too taxing a book, bit silly (but that's the fun of Alleyn stories) so enjoyable none the less