Final Curtain
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Final Curtain
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Narrated by:
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Wanda McCaddon
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By:
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Ngaio Marsh
Murder gets into the act in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel—and aShakespearean actor takes his final bow.
Beautiful Troy Alleyn, artist wife of Inspector Alleyn, had been warned about the famed old Shakespearean actor Sir Henry and his eccentric household. But she was not prepared for the acts of malice and mischief that would ensue at his birthday party.
Now Sir Henry is dead, after a large and lethal birthday dinner of champagne and crayfish—and after changing his will in favor of his glamorous young fianc├®e. And Troy is suddenly star witness in one of her husband's most sensational cases. Together, the Alleyns must determine which of the flamboyant characters at Sir Henry's house brought down the final curtain and turned a drawing room farce into tragedy.
©1947 Ngaio Marsh. © renewed 1975 by Ngaio Marsh (P)1994 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Continue the series
Critic reviews
“[Wanda McCaddon’s] British accent and soprano voice perfectly capture Marsh’s narrative. Her portrayal of the bizarre cast of characters is superb.”
(AudioFile)“[Wanda McCaddon] gives a wonderful reading.”
(Library Journal)“Purty ngai perfect.”
(Saturday Review of Literature)“She uses the old formula brilliantly.”
(Julian Symons, British crime writer)