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Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

©1934 Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Detective Feel-Good Murder
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Not her best story, but entertaining none the less. Excellent narration and presentation, easy listening.

Enjoyable light listening

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This is my first Ngaio Marsh listen, it will not be my last Phillip Franks was an excellent Narrator.
The story kept me listening with all its twisted and turns. Written with wit as well as a who done it. A good listen.

Surprising A good listen

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Good story. Very well read
not sure about the filthy child. Must she be filthy because she is a working class child?? There’s that snobbery again

Very good

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wonderful narration, excellent story. What more could you want from old school classic detection fiction.

excellent as always

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Philip Franks is brilliant as the narrator & the Russian/Polish side story was really entertaining. Loved it.

Entertaining Characters!

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