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  • By: Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrated by: Anton Lesser
  • Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)
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Opening Night

By: Ngaio Marsh
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Summary

Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn Tarne from faraway New Zealand to make the dreary, soul-destroying round of West End agents and managers in search of work. The Vulcan Theatre had been her last forlorn hope, and now, driven by sheer necessity, she was glad to accept the humble job of dresser to its leading lady. And then came the eagerly awaited Opening Night.

To Martyn the night brought a strange turn of the wheel of fortune - but to one distinguished member of the cast it was to bring sudden and unforeseen death...
©1951 Ngaio Marsh (P)2009 Hachette Digital
Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense
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Very good story

This was my first Ngaio Marsh book and I liked it very much. Very good detective story and brilliantly read by the great Anton Lesser.

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Excellently read

A good plot from a queen of crime - ingenious with a good knowledge of the theatre

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