Green cloth, yellow lettering on spine, 350pp. Spine moderately cocked with slight fall-in (spine has slightly collapsed inward from the top), ends lightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed, edges a bit smudged, light smudge on back cover, pages crisp & clean, usual library markings. Dame Ngaio Marsh, a native of New Zealand, published her first mystery novel, A Man Lay Dead, in 1934 and her last, Light Thickens, appeared posthumously in 1982. She is often ranked with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers -- and was also a noted theatrical producer & instructor.

FICTION, MYSTERY & CRIME