Allyson M W Dyar reviewed The Nursing Home Murder (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery) by Ngaio Marsh (Roderick Alleyn (3))
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4 stars
I remember reading Ngaio Marsh's books back in the 1970s and not being overly impressed, but then, the detective genre, for the most part, isn't my bag, but The Nursing Home Murder showed up for sale and I liked the general storyline.
I have to admit that while her dialogue can get a bit turgid at times, it was a really interesting and satisfying mystery.
The story takes place between the wars where Bolshevik sentiments were riding high as well as eugenics where a member of the cabinet about to introduce a controversial bill is suddenly taken ill and subsequently dies after the successful operation.
Throw in the surgeon that had operated on his had threatened him, his spurned mistress was one of the nurses and another nurse has communist leanings makes for a fun time to be had by all (not).
This is a very British book and I …
I remember reading Ngaio Marsh's books back in the 1970s and not being overly impressed, but then, the detective genre, for the most part, isn't my bag, but The Nursing Home Murder showed up for sale and I liked the general storyline.
I have to admit that while her dialogue can get a bit turgid at times, it was a really interesting and satisfying mystery.
The story takes place between the wars where Bolshevik sentiments were riding high as well as eugenics where a member of the cabinet about to introduce a controversial bill is suddenly taken ill and subsequently dies after the successful operation.
Throw in the surgeon that had operated on his had threatened him, his spurned mistress was one of the nurses and another nurse has communist leanings makes for a fun time to be had by all (not).
This is a very British book and I was happy to have read it on the Kindle where I was able to look up the definitions of some of the more obscure terminology.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Agatha Christie or between the war novels set in England, but be prepared for a long read.
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