Spinsters in Jeopardy

The French Riveria, the occult, a possible murder and a kidnapping. Alleyn with Troy and their son Ricky go on a busman’s holiday. He has ben asked to investigate the House of the Silver Goat by the French surete as a spy. Right from the start there is action, did they see a murder from their train......more

For once not a mystery from Marsh but a ripping yarn -- a ripping yarn about cults, drug trafficking, muddled identities and general derring-do. There's a mystery element in the tale, to be sure, but it very much takes the back seat in what's otherwise a romp. The Yard's Roderick Alleyn is being lent......more

I'm currently reading through the Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn mysteries in order for a challenge with the Reading the Detectives group on Goodreads. Although I'm enjoying them, some have become a bit samey - but that could never be said about this one, which is a completely bonkers thriller. It's on......more

Spinsters in Jeopardy (1953; aka The Bride of Death) is one of the most bizarre books by Ngaio Marsh. Here we have England sending one of its most celebrated Scotland Yard detectives "undercover" to infiltrate a drug ring. And, as if that's not enough, he's going to take along his wife who is just a......more

3.5 stars for me I liked the interplay of Alleyn and Troy with their 6-year old Ricky and then their train journey meant to be part work for Alleyn at request of Sûreté and British Intelligence as well as a wee vacation for wife and child. Troy had received strange letters from a distant cousin she h......more