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Written by Ngaio Marsh - Performed by James Saxon - Unabridged Fiction - 6 CASSETTES

Publisher, Audio Partners (January 2001)

"The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an empress." --The Sun

"There is little doubt that Miss Ngaio Marsh is among the most brilliant of those authors who are transforming the detective story from a mere puzzle into a novel with many other qualities besides the challenge to our wits." --The (London) Times Literary Supplement

Life imitates art in award-winning author Ngaio Marsh's second book, published in 1935. The brilliant Inspector Roderick Alleyn must discover who put the real bullet in a prop gun when a quarrel in a star's dressing room echoes the script of a new play.