‘Nicola, my love,’ he said, still in a slightly invalidish voice, ‘it’s just occurred to me that I really should explain about that business. In case there is any misunderstanding. The old rector at Ribblethorpe was a dear old boy but a leetle eccentric. He christened me, you know. But would you believe it, he forgot to put my name in the register? I was a twin. He became so ga-ga, poor darling, that I’m afraid that when I discovered the omission, I was very naughty and took things into my own hands. It seemed the simplest way out,’ Mr Period said, looking Nicola very straight in the eye. He gave a little titter. ‘But we won’t put it in the book.’

‘No?’

‘No,’ said Mr Period firmly. ’‘Nuff said.’

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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Death in Ecstasy

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Artists in Crime

Death in a White Tie

Overture to Death

Death at the Bar

Surfeit of Lampreys

Death and the Dancing Footman

Colour Scheme

Died in the Wool

Final Curtain

Swing, Brother, Swing

Opening Night

Spinsters in Jeopardy

Scales of Justice

Off With His Head

Singing in the Shrouds

False Scent

Hand in Glove

Dead Water

Death at the Dolphin

Clutch of Constables

When in Rome

Tied up in Tinsel

Black As He’s Painted

Last Ditch

Grave Mistake

Photo-Finish

Light Thickens

Black Beech and Honeydew (autobiography)

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