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tarshka's review against another edition
2.0
Another one I don't remember well. Ngaio Marsh just isn't really my style I think. I don't dislike her books, just find most of them okay and forget what happened after a year or so.
spiky50's review against another edition
4.0
One of my favorite detective series. I recently re read them all starting at #1 and only have one more to go.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
2.0
It was her last completed book, and that's no surprise. This is only the second time I've read it, and I probably won't for another few decades.
david_megginson's review against another edition
3.0
Strong first half, especially for a late novel, but then it seems to stumble and lose its way a little bit.
avrilhj's review against another edition
3.0
Marsh's penultimate mystery, set in New Zealand. Excellent descriptions of the country; an okay mystery; spoiled a little by Marsh's anti-gay bias. She always writes gay characters as unpleasantly mincing, puzzling in someone so involved in the theatre. Ah well.
cheryl6of8's review against another edition
3.0
I managed to complete this book during the periods of wakefulness in a day of naps recovering from jet lag. I am a fan of this series and was excited to read one set in New Zealand. This was a variation of a locked room mystery -- a murder occurs during an event at a posh private lodge on an island in the middle of a lake during a massive storm. All contact with the outside world is temporarily cut off and Alleyn must try to preserve the integrity of the crime scene and investigate the dramatic murder of the great Italian opera star his wife Troy had been hoping to paint. I liked the fact that you get a little flavor of the New Zealand bush in the middle of the mystery. And the characters were well drawn. I was somewhat surprised by the identity of the culprit (probably because there had been opportunity galore to commit the crime prior to a house party attended by a prominent police detective -- the choice of timing still strikes me as odd.) The working out of whodunit, though, is very finely sculpted.
wrens_books's review
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
missn80's review
dark
mysterious
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0