En tournée en Nouvelle-Zélande, Alfred Meyer et sa troupe de théâtre s'apprêtent à célébrer l'anniversaire de Carolyn, la comédienne vedette de la pièce. La surprise ? Un jéroboam de champagne qui sera descendu depuis les cintres sur la table placée au centre de la scène après la représentation. Mais la bouteille se détache, et c'est le drame ! Convié au souper, Roderick Alleyn est aux premières loges pour constater le décès de Meyer. Bien que venu incognito, il prête main forte à la police locale. Qui, au sein de la troupe, en voulait au directeur ? Tous ou presque avaient un motif de le voir disparaître. Les talents de l'inspecteur Alleyn, de Scotland Yard, vont être mis à rude épreuve. Et si une amulette maorie l'aidait à lever le doute quant à l'identité du coupable ?

Les enquêtes de Roderick Alleyn Tome 5

Les enquêtes de Roderick Alleyn Tome 7

Réunir, dans le huis clos de son vieux manoir enneigé, sept personnes qui se détestent cordialement, tisser une subtile toile de rancœurs inexprimées et de secrets morbides, Jonathan Royal trouve l'idée amusante. Mais, lorsque sa mise en scène tourne au drame, il n'a de cesse que de faire arrêter le coupable. Il sait exactement lequel de ses invités a commis l'ignoble crime. Arrivé sur place, l'inspecteur Alleyn procède pourtant à la redistribution des rôles ...

La mort en embuscade (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the third volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

 DEATH IN A WHITE TIEThe season has begun. Débutantes and chaperones are planning their gala dinners - and the blackmailer is planning strategies to stalk his next victim. But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn knows that something is up and has already planted his friend Lord Gospell at the dinner. But someone else has got there first.

 OVERTURE TO DEATHIt was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, and an amusing evening's entertainment to finance the gift. But all is doomed when Miss Campanula sits down to play. A chord is struck, a shot rings out, and Miss Campanula is dead.it seems to be a case of sinister infatuation for Roderick Alleyn.

 DEATH AT THE BARA midsummer evening - darts night at The Plume of Feathers, a traditional Devonshire public house. A distinguished painter, a celebrated actor, a woman graduate, a plump lady from County Clare and a local farmer all play their parts in a fatal experiment which calls for the investigative expertise of Inspector Alleyn.

Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 3 - Death in a White Tie, Overture to Death, Death at the Bar

Roderick Alleyn is back in this unique crime novel begun by Ngaio Marsh during the Second World War and now completed by Stella Duffy in a way that has delighted reviewers and critics alike.

 Shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award 2018.

 It's business as usual for Mr Glossop as he does his regular round delivering wages to government buildings scattered across New Zealand's lonely Canterbury plains. But when his car breaks down he is stranded for the night at the isolated Mount Seager Hospital, with the telephone lines down, a storm on its way and the nearby river about to burst its banks.

 Trapped with him at Mount Seager are a group of quarantined soldiers with a serious case of cabin fever, three young employees embroiled in a tense love triangle, a dying elderly man, an elusive patient whose origins remain a mystery . and a potential killer.

 When the payroll disappears from a locked safe and the hospital's death toll starts to rise faster than normal, can the appearance of an English detective working in counterespionage be just a lucky coincidence - or is something more sinister afoot?

Money in the Morgue - The New Inspector Alleyn Mystery

When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes.

La Clinique Du Crime

The final volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

 PHOTO-FINISHThe luxury mansion on New Zealand's Lake Waihoe is the ideal place for a world-famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Among the other guests are Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife - but theirs is not a social visit. When tragedy strikes, and isolated by one of the lake's sudden storms, Alleyn faces one of his trickiest cases.

 LIGHT THICKENSPeregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene. Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience.

 BLACK BEECH AND HONEYDEWWith all the insight and style her readers came to expect of her, Ngaio Marsh's autobiography captures all the joys, fears and hopes of a spirited young woman growing up in Christchurch, and charts her theatre and writing careers both in New Zealand and the UK. This sanguine, unpretentious and revealing book has been acclaimed for telling her most distinguished mystery - who was Ngaio Marsh?

Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 11 - Photo-Finish, Light Thickens, Black Beech and Honeydew

A touring theatre company in New Zealand forms the basis of one of Marsh's most ambitious and innovative novels

 New Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer is planning a surprise for his wife's birthday - a jeroboam of champagne descending gently onto the stage after the performance. But, as Roderick Alleyn witnesses, something goes horribly wrong. Is the death the product of Maori superstitions - or something more down to earth?

Vintage Murder

C'est le jour anniversaire de Miss Mary Bellamy, figure du théâtre de boulevard londonien. Malgré les attentions des amis, le temps qui passe lui met les nerfs à vif. En ce jour de fête, Miss Bellamy va de dispute en dispute, plus orageuses les unes que les autres, jusqu'au moment où... on la retrouve se tenant la gorge à deux mains, à l'agonie. L'inspecteur Alleyn, de Scotland Yard, conclut à un empoisonnement à l'insecticide ! Mais qui aurait l'idée de s'asperger le visage d'insecticide entre deux disputes ? Le crime est plus que mystérieux et les suspects ne manquent pas. Si seulement ils pouvaient dévoiler ce qui s'est réellement passé pendant la fête...

Parfum trompeur (Roderick Alleyn, #21)

La diva Isabella Sommita n'en peut plus. Où qu'elle se trouve de par le monde, elle croise ce photographe qui s'ingénie à la provoquer pour mieux la fixer dans des poses ridicules qui s'étalent ensuite à la une des journaux. Ulcérée, craignant pour ses nerfs autant que pour sa carrière, la diva décide de faire appel au célèbre inspecteur principal Alleyn de Scotland Yard. Il s'envole pour la Nouvelle-Zélande, direction la villa de Waihoe Lodge où la diva séjourne. Malgré sa présence, les photos continuent, jusqu'à ce dernier cliché qu'on retrouve sur le corps de la diva, un couteau dans le coeur ! Qui pouvait bien lui en vouloir ainsi ? Faut-il chercher dans son passé de Sicilienne, dans son entourage ?La Néo-zélandaise Ngaio Marsh, contemporaine d'Agatha Christie, signe ici un roman fort agréable, au ton léger et très distrayant. L'intrigue pique la curiosité du lecteur et l'entraîne, amusé et conquis, jusqu'au dénouement. Un moment de plaisir. --Sophie Colpaert

Photo d'adieu (Roderick Alleyn, #31)

At the newly restored Dolphin Theatre, murder takes center stageThe once-dilapidated Dolphin Theater, now restored to its former glory, is open again-and all of London is buzzing about its new play, The Glove, inspired by the discovery of a genuine Shakespearean glove. But on one unfortunate evening, the Dolphin opens its doors to the harshest critic of all: death. Now Inspector Roderick Alleyn must find out who stole the scene with a most murderous act.

Coup de théâtre au Dauphin

Mort au champagne (Roderick Alleyn, #5)

This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.

 Mystery stories have been around for centuries-there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of suspects.

 Countless volumes of such stories have been published, but some are still impossible to find: stories that appeared in a newspaper, magazine or an anthology that has long been out of print; ephemeral works such as plays not aired, staged or screened for decades; and unpublished stories that were absorbed into an author's archive when they died .

Bodies from the Library 4 - Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection

The eighth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

 HAND IN GLOVEThe April Fool's Day was a roaring success for all, it seemed - except for poor Mr Cartell who ended up in the ditch - for ever. Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period's letter of condolence, sent before the body was found - not to mention the family squabbles. It's all a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn.

 DEAD WATERTimes are good in the Cornish village of Portcarrow, as hundreds flock to taste the healing waters of Pixie Falls. When Miss Emily Pride inherits this celebrated land, she wants to put an end to the villagers' exploitation of miracle cures, especially Miss Elspeth Costs's gift shop. But someone puts an end to Miss Cost, and Roderick Alleyn finds himself literally on the spot.

 DEATH AT THE DOLPHINThe bombed-out Dolphin Theatre is given to Peregrine Jay by a mysterious oil millionaire, who also gives him a glove that belonged to Shakespeare to display in the dockside theatre. But then a murder takes place, a boy is attacked, and the glove is stolen. Inspector Roderick Alleyn doesn't think oil and water are a good mix.

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