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DEATH IN ECSTASY - Ngaio Marsh -Sheridan House ($2). Sacred Flame Limited, a piece of religious quackery in London, harbors heroin sniffers, pansies a killer...
DEATH OF A PEER-Ngaio Marsh-Little, Brown ($2). The titled English Lampreys are harebrained like the Sycamores in You Can't Take It With You. Broke, haunted by bumbailiffs, M'Lord and Lady and their six assorted offspring are full of charades, false whiskers and profound contempt for rich Uncle Gabriel.Touched for another loan, Uncle G. comes to call, bringing his wife, regarded by the Lampreys as mad if not actually a witch. Uncle G. expires with a silver-plated meat skewer in his eye; Detective-Inspector Alleyn puts them all through the hoops. Delightful story...
OVERTURE TO DEATH-Ngaio Marsh-Furman ($2). Bizarre murder of a malevolent spinster, in full view of an English church-social audience, neatly solved, by Scotland Yard's Inspector Alleyn. A well-knit baffler, with colorful characterizations...