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A Man Lay Dead

By: Ngaio Marsh
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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Summary

Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

©1934 Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Detective Murder
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well written and nicely narrated... would happily recommend to friends and family on a rainy day

What a wonderful author

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love Ngaio Marsh. As the reader I like Philip Franks . have enjoyed this book.

A Man Lay Dead

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Country house murder with good characterisation and enough clues to guess the outcome. Lovely description of the setting

Better than agatha

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