Author(s): Ngaio Marsh

NZ Fiction

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel.

At first it looked as if Sybil Foster had intentionally left the world: with two husbands dead, a daughter marrying the wrong man and - it later appeared - a debilitating disease, it was no wonder she took her own life.

But no one believed she was the type - especially Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn. For the field was ripe with unfortunate engagements - one of them a very grave mistake...