Reviews

Affaire à enterrer by Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe, Ngaio Marsh

extraaardvark's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

tarshka's review against another edition

2.0

I know I read this book a long time ago, but I don't remember much. Even reading the description brings nothing back. So I guess I didn't care much about it.

liahecht's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

judyward's review against another edition

3.0

Beware of expensive spa hotels. Apparently you can get yourself killed in one. A high price to pay for a rest cure. Call in Inspector Roderick Alleyn, C.I.D. to ferret out everyone's secrets and unravel the mystery.

cheryl6of8's review against another edition

4.0

On Halloween I was in the mood for a mystery and you can never go wrong with Ngaio Marsh. The title was fitting for Halloween as well.

This was a mystery within a mystery, with tentacles in the past and more than one scoundrel to be suspected. A small English village with flashy moneyed folk and bad blood and pettiness. Entailment of property. Wills forbidding marriage. Buried treasure. Rest cures. References to World War Two. All of the classic ingredients come together for a nice British mystery.

macbean221b's review against another edition

3.0

I liked this one because I got a real surprise near the end; I was looking in the direction that Ngaio Marsh tried to get me to look in, and missed what was actually going on.

missn80's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

verityw's review against another edition

3.0

Another good late Alleyn mystery. This one has a suspicious death and a parcel of unattractive people benefitting from it. I wanted a bit more resolution to some of the end of this, but the actual culprit and method of the crime were good.

tlsouthard's review against another edition

3.0

Good enough mystery - I figured out who, but not how. I like Inspector Alleyn.

emerion's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.0