685. Artists in Crime (Ngaio Marsh)

Synopsis from Amazon UK:
One of Ngaio Marsh's most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy. It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model's pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed for ever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen. It's a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn. How can he believe that the woman he loves is a murderess? And yet no one can be above suspicion ....

My rating: 4 stars

Publication information:

• 1938
• Bles
• London
• Red cloth with white lettering
• Dust Wrapper priced at 7/6
  

482. Enter a Murderer (Ngaio Marsh)

Synopsis from Amazon UK:
Alleyn's friend, Nigel, stood near the centre of the stage. He had moved forward towards the wings, when a voice warned him to look out. An instant later, Inspector Alleyn hurled himself at Nigel, driving him backwards and out of the way of a falling object.

My rating: 4 stars

Publication information:

• 1935
• Bles in London
• Red cloth with black lettering
• Dust Wrapper priced at 7/6
  

257. A Man Lay Dead (Ngaio Marsh)

I couldn't find any images relevant to the book so here's a cool satellite photo of Ngaio Marsh's birthplace, New Zealand.

Synopsis from Amazon:
Sir Hubert Handesley regularly invites a small group of friends and acquaintances to Frampton, his country estate. This weekend he has something special planned--a murder game. But then one of the players is discovered with a real dagger in his back. A Man Lay Dead introduces us to Inspector Roderick Alleyn, Marsh's intelligent, cool, and inscrutable inspector from Scotland Yard.

My rating: 4 stars

Publication information:

• 1934
• Bles
• London
• Red cloth with black lettering
• Dustwrapper priced at 7/6
  

204. Death in Ecstasy (Ngaio Marsh)

Ngaio Marsh

Synopsis from Amazon UK:
The victim was a deeply religious initiate who had trained for a month for her last ceremony. She was also a very beautiful woman. But Cara Quayne had provoked lust, jealousy -- and murder. Roderick Alleyn suspected that more evil still lurked behind the Sign of the Sacred Flame ....

My rating: 4 stars

Publication information:

• Published in 1936 by Bles in London
• Red cloth with white lettering
• Dust Wrapper priced at 7/6