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Title: Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0-312-96669-5 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Atypical Inspector Allen Novel
Comment: When he is assigned to investigate a drug ring hiding behind the facade of a cult religion in the south of France, Inspector Allen elects to combine business with pleasure: he will take his wife Troy and their son Ricky along, allowing them to vacation in the area while he works. But circumstances override his intentions when an Englishwoman on their train suffers an attack of appendicitus requiring immediate surgery, the Allens agree to take charge of her, and the only qualified surgeon in the area is one working with the drug ring. Allen's cover is quickly blown, and in order to distract him from further investigation the drug ring members kidnap his child.
SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY is quite unlike most Marsh novels for it is not a mystery per se; the criminals are immediately apparent, and although there is a somewhat covert mystery afoot Marsh relies almost exclusively upon suspense and her knack for creating vividly-painted characters to substain interest. While this is certainly enough to make the novel entertaining, it is not enough to make this particular novel--the plot of which relies on coincidence upon coincidence--as memorable as her other work. Even so, the book is quite enjoyable in a Hitchcockian sort of way, reminding one a bit of the director's THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. Agatha Christie fans will also recognize that Marsh has borrowed a device from Christie's THE 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON, in which a passenger unexpectedly witnesses a murder through a train window. A pleasant read, but not among the first rank of Marsh novels.
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Title: Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0312972865 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Overture To Death by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0312964250 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0312973012 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0312973144 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh ISBN: 0312969996 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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