Tied Up in Tinsel Inspector Roderick Alleyn 27 [Paperback]

Its murder at a country-house party; a Christmas party, in fact, where all the guests are eccentric, and all the household staff are former criminals. Which of them caused the disappearance of one of the players in the holiday pageant? Luckily, both Inspector Alleyn and his wife, Agatha Troy, are on hand to wrap up the case.Its 1972, and while?Elton John and Alice Cooper may be topping the charts, Inspector Alleyns latest case is set in that most gloriously retro environment: The country-house party. A Christmas party, as it happens, where Agatha Troy is enjoying the local holiday pageant and also painting the hosts portrait. The paintings coming along fine, but the pageant goes a little pear-shaped when one of the players disappears. Could one of the partys eccentric guests (are there any other kind?) have been involved? Orperhaps more likelycould the finger of blame come to rest on one of the manor-house servants, each of whom happens to be a recent prison parolee? What luck! Inspector Alleyn is on hand to wrap up the questions into the perfect Christmas parcel.?Ngaio Marsh was one of the celebrated queens of the golden age; she is the author of 32 novels in the Inspector Alleyn series. In addition to writing, her great passion was theater. She was born in New Zealand.