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  • Death and the Dancing Footman

  • By: Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrated by: James Saxon
  • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Death and the Dancing Footman

By: Ngaio Marsh
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Publisher's Summary

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.

It began as an entertainment: eight people, many of them enemies, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. They would be the characters in a drama that he would devise.

It ended in snowbound disaster. Everyone had an alibi - and most had motives as well. But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, when he finally arrived, knew it all hung on Thomas, the dancing footman....

©1942 Original Text of 1942 by Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Critic Reviews

"On the plane of art." ( Tatler)
"She is astoundingly good." ( Daily Express)
"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." ( Times Literary Supplement)

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Ngaio Marsh: A Queen of Crime

If you enjoy Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie, you will probably enjoy Ngaio Marsh. The story is well read by James Saxon.

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