Reviews

The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh

sandin954's review

3.0

An early entry in this series. Inspector Alleyn still does not seemed fully formed as a character yet but the plot was entertaining enough and I enjoyed the narration of the audio by Philip Franks.

david_megginson's review

3.0

I don't think this is a spoiler, but I'm getting tired of the reenactments as a device in every novel.

vidushi127's review against another edition

mysterious tense

4.5

eososray's review

3.0

The bolshies make a return appearance and a despicable politician is killed, what no one asked was whether it really mattered if one of them was gone, but still, it was good. There are lots of potential killers to choose from and lots of reasons but the least obvious one, for the most ridiculous of reasons, was our culprit.

pinecone_mushroom's review

4.0

I admit I didn't try to solve the mystery; I just enjoyed reading the book and letting it wash over me. The solution was a bit ridiculous but I didn't mind.

liahecht's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

dadtheroadmasterowner's review

informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

we_are_all_mad_here26's review

3.0

 This one was fine, if a little repetitive - I really did not want to go over the facts and suppositions of the case quite as many times as we did, by the end of it all. Also, a wildly unlikely number of motives and/or possible murder scenarios all within one operating room. We may have gone round and round forever until Detective Inspector Alleyn insisted upon the good old "let's reconstruct the murder scene exactly and this will somehow result in foolproof evidence against the guilty party."

I didn't hate reading it though. If only all these golden age mystery writers were still alive so I could let them know they have a new #1 fan. 

criminally_yours's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense

4.75

maggiekms's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75