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A review by melissa_who_reads
Poslední opona by Ngaio Marsh
4.0
This is one of the few Ngiao Marsh books I hadn't read before. It was fun to read one and not know what would be the resolution, although I did guess certain plot-points as it went along (the poison used, for instance).
Sir Henry Ancred has commissioned Troy Alleyn to paint a picture of him -- and all sorts of pranks are played in the weeks leading up to his birthday celebration. In the end, he disinherits his relatives in favor of his intended bride (and the plot point about who will eventually inherit is unresolved). He is killed, and then his intended is killed (and in between, a cat is killed as well). Roderick Alleyn comes back from his war-time posting in New Zealand just in time to take charge of the investigation.
As always, fun British who-dun-it. Not too deep, not too stressful.
Sir Henry Ancred has commissioned Troy Alleyn to paint a picture of him -- and all sorts of pranks are played in the weeks leading up to his birthday celebration. In the end, he disinherits his relatives in favor of his intended bride (and the plot point about who will eventually inherit is unresolved). He is killed, and then his intended is killed (and in between, a cat is killed as well). Roderick Alleyn comes back from his war-time posting in New Zealand just in time to take charge of the investigation.
As always, fun British who-dun-it. Not too deep, not too stressful.