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    When in Rome (The Ngaio Marsh Collection)

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 7, 2010
    ISBN9780007344802
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    When in Rome (The Ngaio Marsh Collection)
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    Ngaio Marsh

    Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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    • 3/5
      While I liked the Italian setting, the mystery itself was not one of Marsh's best. And some of the slang really dates the book!
    • 3/5
      When in Rome, as the title suggests, is another mystery set away from Alleyn's home turf - which means that Alleyn yet again has to work with a foreign police force rather than his old friends. Alleyn is not on holiday; he's in Rome to investigate a drugs smuggling case, and it is some time before a corpse turns up.But the absence of a corpse doesn't mean there's no mystery. Instead, there are a lot of little interconnected mysteries surrounding Sebastian Mailer and his connections to the tourists he has persuaded in joining an expensive day tour.Alleyn doesn't get to spend as much time interviewing people as he sometimes does, but that's okay; When in Rome is a satisfying, atmospheric mystery.Also, one of the POV characters, Sophy reminded me just a bit of M.M. Kaye's heroines. She's a young woman travelling in a foreign country; she's sensible and likeable. And another of the POV characters is a novelist, which allows for Marsh to comment on a field she would have known a lot about.
    • 4/5
      Handlingen er henlagt til Rom, der danner en udmærket kulisse. Alleyn er ved at kigge Mr. Sebastian Mailer efter i sømmene, som arrangerer vældigt dyre rundvisninger, som inkluderer lidt narko, lidt sex og andre slibrige forlystelser. På en rundvisning i basilikaens kælder forsvinder Mr. Mailer. Selskabet fortsætter, men næste dag kigger politiet lidt nærmere efter og liget af Mr. Mailers kone, en blomstersælgerske Violetta dukker op, skjult i en sarkofag. Alleyn har vished for at Mailer er narkohandler i stor stil, men ingen håndfaste beviser.Et par dage efter gør liget af Mailer opmærksom på sig selv og han bliver fundet i en brønd. Både Mailer og Violetta er blevet kvalt. Italiensk politi hjulpet af Alleyn og oplysninger fra Fox i London lægger pres på selskabet, som næsten alle har været udsat for pengeafpresning fra Mailers side.En falsk britisk major Sweet viser sig at være en kendt kriminel og dør, da han under flugt fra politiet, bliver kørt over.Officielt lægger man al skylden over på ham og Mailer, men uofficielt er Alleyn sikker på at en hollandsk baron gjorde det af med Mailer og skjulte Violettas lig.Lettere amoralsk slutning på en udmærket bog, der bragte mindelser om et skoldhed Rom i ferietiden.
    • 3/5
      One of her better later works!