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Listen on Apple Books ↗Ngaio Marsh was one of the queens (she has been called the empress) of England’s Golden Age of mystery fiction.
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And in true Golden Age fashion, her oeuvre opens with, yes, a country-house party between the two world wars – servants bustling, gin flowing, the gentlemen in dinner jackets, the ladies all slink and smolder. Even more delicious: The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, has invented a new and especially exciting version of that beloved parlor entertainment, The Murder Game.
