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**AD-TEAM** · 12-14-2024, 06:38 PM

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Quote:"The theatre plays backdrop to romance and murder . . . Good reading." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Newly arrived from New Zealand and in need of funds, Martyn Tarne takes a job as a dresser to the Vulcan Theater's leading lady. Along with a paycheck, this also provides her with a ringside seat to the backstage circus-and the eventual murder that occurs on opening night. Inspector Alleyn is soon called to solve the case and put a stop to all the drama . . .

"To my thinking, no other writer evokes 'the incense of the playhouse' or describes the technical details of stage production with the degree of authenticity that Dame Ngaio achieved in novels like Enter a Murderer, Killer Dolphin, Night at the Vulcan and Light Thickens." -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times

"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." - Times Literary Supplement

Also published under the title Opening Night

Category:Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Fiction Subjects, Character Types - Fiction, Police Stories, Cozy Mysteries & Amateur Sleuths, Aristats & Bluebloods - Fiction, British & Irish Police - Fiction, British Cozies

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