. . . in which I attempt to pick out the good bits, one recommendation at a time
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Rec. #190 (abbrev.): Colour Scheme
What: Ngaio Marsh, murder mystery, 1943, New Zealand, sulphur springs, Scotland Yard, foreign ships at sea, Maurice Questing, stage star, German agents, flashing lights, a boot, Septimus Falls, English exiles, poison, Maoris, letters, Harpoon Club, spies, death by boiling mud bath
Representative quote: "Dikon was an over-civilized young man. He belonged to a generation whose attitude of mind was industriously ironic."
Also: Death and the Dancing Footman (Rec. #37) and Night at the Vulcan (Rec. #102)
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