Ngaio Marsh was a New Zealand-born author, famous for her mystery series featuring British CID detective Roderick Alleyn. She wrote 32 Alleyn mysteries between 1934 and 1982.
Marsh is considered one of the four original "Queens of Crime" of the Golden Age of mystery writing of the 1920s and 1930s, along with Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Agatha Christie.
Marsh's Roderick Alleyn mysteries are listed below in chronological order. Those I've read are in red; those on my TBR shelf are in blue. Anyone reading Marsh's books are welcome to include related links in comments and I will list your posts below.
A Man Lay Dead (1934)
Enter a Murderer (1935)
The Nursing Home Murder (1935)
Death in Ecstasy (1936)
Vintage Murder (1937)
Artists in Crime (1938)
Death in a White Tie (1938)
Overture to Death (1939)
Death at the Bar (1940)
Surfeit of Lampreys (1941); originally called Death of a Peer in the U.S.
Death and the Dancing Footman (1942)
Colour Scheme (1943)
Died in the Wool (1945)
Final Curtain (1947)
Swing Brother Swing (1949); originally called A Wreath for Rivera in the U.S.
Opening Night (1951); still called Night at the Vulcan in the U.S.
Spinsters in Jeopardy (1954)
Scales of Justice (1955)
Off With His Head (1957); still called Death of a Fool in the U.S.
Singing in the Shrouds (1959)
False Scent (1960)
Hand in Glove (1962)
Dead Water (1964)
Death at the Dolphin (1967); still called Killer Dolphin in the U.S.
Clutch of Constables (1968)
When in Rome (1970)
Tied Up in Tinsel (1972)
Black As He's Painted (1974)
Last Ditch (1977)
A Grave Mistake (1978)
Photo Finish (1980)
Light Thickens (1982)
NOTES
If you are reading Ngaio Marsh's books and would like related posts listed here, please leave a comment with a link to your post and I will add it.
