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Roderick Alleyn Series

33 primary works • 48 total works
aka: Inspector Alleyn series
English detective series, written from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Book 1

A Man Lay Dead
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3.80 · 15666 Ratings · 1109 Reviews · published 1934 · 92 editions
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, fiv…

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    Book 2

    Enter a Murderer
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    3.82     · 7083 Ratings · 535 Reviews · published 1935 · 108 editions
    A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second …

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    Book 3

    The Nursing Home Murder
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    3.71     · 4059 Ratings · 376 Reviews · published 1935 · 74 editions
    Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third nove…

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    Book 4

    Death in Ecstasy
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    3.77     · 4238 Ratings · 331 Reviews · published 1936 · 77 editions
    When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor …

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    Book 5

    Vintage Murder
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    3.83     · 3815 Ratings · 336 Reviews · published 1937 · 81 editions
    Death served well-chilled

    The leading lady of a the…

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    Book 6

    Artists in Crime
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    4.02     · 9406 Ratings · 492 Reviews · published 1938 · 95 editions
    The art of detection gets clouded by desire.

    It was…

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    Book 7

    Death in a White Tie
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    4.05     · 11133 Ratings · 416 Reviews · published 1938 · 80 editions
    A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly c…

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    Book 8

    Overture to Death
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    3.96     · 4509 Ratings · 346 Reviews · published 1939 · 13 editions
    It was planned as an act of a new piano for the pa…

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    Book 9

    Death at the Bar
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    3.84     · 3378 Ratings · 289 Reviews · published 1940 · 69 editions
    A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is goin…

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    Book 10

    Death of a Peer
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    4.00     · 7624 Ratings · 299 Reviews · published 1940 · 3 editions
    Murder becomes a family affair...

    The Lampreys were…

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    Book 11

    Death and the Dancing Footman
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    3.97     · 4121 Ratings · 254 Reviews · published 1941 · 70 editions
    The party's over when murder makes an entrance...

    W…

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    Book 12

    Colour Scheme
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    3.81     · 3674 Ratings · 274 Reviews · published 1943 · 79 editions
    Often regarded as her most interesting book and se…

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    Book 13

    Died in the Wool
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    3.90     · 3392 Ratings · 250 Reviews · published 1945 · 3 editions
    Ngaio Marsh returns to her New Zealand roots to tr…

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    Book 14

    Final Curtain
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    4.01     · 4653 Ratings · 195 Reviews · published 1947 · 65 editions
    Troy Alleyn, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's beautiful…

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    Book 15

    A Wreath for Rivera
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    3.75     · 2143 Ratings · 187 Reviews · published 1949 · 79 editions
    Red-hot jazz meets cold-blooded murder.

    When Lord P…

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    Book 16

    Night at the Vulcan
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    4.06     · 3397 Ratings · 225 Reviews · published 1951 · 67 editions
    A London actor was dying for a star billing...

    From…

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    Book 17

    Spinsters in Jeopardy
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    3.71     · 2233 Ratings · 241 Reviews · published 1953 · 12 editions
    SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY

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    Book 18

    Scales of Justice
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    4.00     · 4303 Ratings · 218 Reviews · published 1955 · 78 editions
    Of all the books in the Alleyn series, Scales of J…

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    Book 19

    Death of a Fool
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    3.77     · 2357 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 1957 · 89 editions
    A ritual dance becomes a murderous mambo...

    At the…

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    Book 20

    Singing in the Shrouds
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    3.97     · 2648 Ratings · 166 Reviews · published 1958 · 16 editions
    All aboard for murder

    The Cape Farewell steams out …

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    Book 21

    False Scent
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    3.97     · 2159 Ratings · 148 Reviews · published 1959 · 62 editions
    In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls o…

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    Book 22

    Hand in Glove
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    3.95     · 2569 Ratings · 155 Reviews · published 1962 · 59 editions
    The April Fool's Day had been a roaring success fo…

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    Book 23

    Dead Water
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    3.88     · 1941 Ratings · 141 Reviews · published 1963 · 61 editions
    A quirky Roderick Alleyn mystery about faith, gree…

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    Book 24

    Killer Dolphin
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    3.95     · 2054 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 1966 · 51 editions
    When the bombed-out Dolphin Theatre is given to Pe…

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    Book 25

    Clutch of Constables
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    4.14     · 4748 Ratings · 219 Reviews · published 1968 · 1 edition
    A river cruise may be sunk by a ruthless criminal …

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    Book 26

    When in Rome
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    3.84     · 2312 Ratings · 166 Reviews · published 1970 · 1 edition
    Death on a Guided Tour

    It was April in Rome, and ga…

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    Book 27

    Tied Up In Tinsel
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    3.83     · 3093 Ratings · 286 Reviews · published 1972 · 4 editions
    A Christmas pageant turns unholy.

    Holed up at Hilar…

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    Book 28

    Black As He's Painted
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    3.80     · 2159 Ratings · 178 Reviews · published 1974 · 2 editions
    A visiting dignitary in London asks for security—a…

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    Book 29

    Last Ditch
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    3.77     · 1778 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 1976 · 2 editions
    Ricky Alleyn, son of the renowned police detective…

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    Book 30

    A Grave Mistake
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    3.99     · 2208 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 1978 · 4 editions
    A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday...
    A bit…

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    Book 31

    Photo Finish
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    3.89     · 2151 Ratings · 129 Reviews · published 1980 · 4 editions
    MURDER IN HIGH C...
    A persistent paparazzo has hou…

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    Book 32

    Light Thickens
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    3.91     · 2280 Ratings · 190 Reviews · published 1982 · 40 editions
    "Is this a dagger which I see before me..."

    Four mu…

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    Book 33

    Money in the Morgue
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    3.74     · 802 Ratings · 129 Reviews · published 2018 · 10 editions

    Roderick Alleyn is back in this unique crime novel…

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    Ngaio Marsh: 5 Complete Novels
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    4.45     · 49 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1983 · 3 editions
    Five complete novels, complete and unabridged: Sca…

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    The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh
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    3.69     · 306 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1989 · 16 editions
    Apart from three of the shorter cases of Scotland …

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    The Ngaio Marsh Collection (III) - Vintage Murder / Overture to Death
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    4.25     · 12 Ratings · published 2012 · 2 editions
    VINTAGE MURDER - Inspector Alleyn #5
    The plot cente…

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    Black as He's Painted / Last Ditch / Grave Mistake
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    4.28     · 124 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2010 · 4 editions
    Black as He's Painted: WITH Last Ditch Commemorati…

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    Ngaio Marsh: A Wreath for Rivera / Final Curtain / Died in the Wool / Colour Scheme
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    4.30     · 20 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    -- The recent formation of the Ngaio Marsh Society…

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    Died in the Wool / Final Curtain / Swing Brother, Swing
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    4.23     · 163 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions

    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’…

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    The Ngaio Marsh Collection (I) - A Man Lay Dead / Enter a Murderer
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    4.35     · 26 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions
    This collection brings together two Inspector Alle…

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    The Ngaio Marsh Collection (II) - The Nursing Home Murder / Death in Ecstasy
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    3.94     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    THE NURSING HOME MURDER - Inspector Alleyn #3
    For a…

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    Death on the Air and Other Stories
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    3.65     · 680 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 1989 · 3 editions
    The only collection of Ngaio Marsh's short stories…

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    Death at the Dolphin / Hand in Glove / Dead Water
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    4.16     · 148 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’…

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    Death in a White Tie / Overture to Death / Death at the Bar
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    4.23     · 195 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime'…

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    Off with His Head/Singing in the Shrouds/False Scent
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    4.17     · 156 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime'…

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    Opening Night / Spinsters in Jeopardy / Scales of Justice
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    4.16     · 169 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1951 · 4 editions
    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime'…

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    Death in Ecstasy / Vintage Murder / Artists in Crime
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    4.16     · 257 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions
    The second volume in a set of omnibus editions pre…

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    Inspector Alleyn Calls
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    4.17     · 29 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    Large print novels

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