Q: Why is there a Ngaio Marsh paperback on the windowsill?

A: It's a mystery.

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Latest used bookstore finds. $5 each, not too shabby.
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I'm on an author panel at my local library!

🗓️ Fri 3 May 2024
📍 Palmerston North City Library
📚 Mystery in the Library event series
🏆 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards entrants
🎟️ Free entry – come say hi!

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Subtitle: ‘The Mysterious Case of the Sun Shining Behinds’. Directly followed by the sequels, ‘The Boy with the Thorn In His Side’ and ‘Pretty Girls Make Graves’.

#NgaioMarsh #Mystery #TheSmiths

McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction - McFarland

McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction is an academic book series that aims to contribute to the growing body of scholarship on mystery, detective, and crime fiction. The series provides comprehensive analysis of each subject’s body of work, including frequently unknown or neglected works; includes an annotated bibliography and details on media adaptations; and offers unique elements such as maps, manuscript excerpts, and rare photographs. Companion volumes have received awards and nominations such as those for the James Ellroy companion (Edgar Award nominee; Silver Falchion Award nominee) and the Sara Paretsky companion (Macavity Award recipient; Agatha Award nominee). Submitting Proposals for the Series The series strives for diversity in subjects and coverage (for example, gender; race; countries of origin; mystery subgenres). Potential subjects should have a substantial body of work. Please send inquiries and proposals to series editor Elizabeth Foxwell.

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Today's book. Book no 98. Tied up in tinsel by #NgaioMarsh #AmReading #ChristmasStories #ChristmasCrime
@Teddy
Love #NgaioMarsh
I’ve got a few of my grandmother’s here on the bookshelf next to me, but not Death in Ecstasy
You’ll have to give me the tip as to whether it is worth seeking out
$ave 40% on all titles in McFarland & Co's sale until 28 Nov w/coupon code HOLIDAY22. It's a good time to stock up on the McFarland Companions to #Mystery Fiction that I edit; check out the full companion lineup. https://bit.ly/McFMystComps #AgathaChristie #DorothyLSayers #NgaioMarsh #SaraParetsky #EdMcBain #JamesEllroy #books #booksadon #history #film #TV #noir #gothic #popularculture #sports #scifi #mysteries @histodons
McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction - McFarland

McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction is an academic book series that aims to contribute to the growing body of scholarship on mystery, detective, and crime fiction. The series provides comprehensive analysis of each subject’s body of work, including frequently unknown or neglected works; includes an annotated bibliography and details on media adaptations; and offers unique elements such as maps, manuscript excerpts, and rare photographs. Companion volumes have received awards and nominations such as those for the James Ellroy companion (Edgar Award nominee; Silver Falchion Award nominee) and the Sara Paretsky companion (Macavity Award recipient; Agatha Award nominee). Submitting Proposals for the Series The series strives for diversity in subjects and coverage (for example, gender; race; countries of origin; mystery subgenres). Potential subjects should have a substantial body of work. Please send inquiries and proposals to series editor Elizabeth Foxwell.

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@knittingtrex in the same vein as Agatha Christie, have you checked out #NgaioMarsh or #MargeryAllingham ?