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Killer Dolphin

Ngaio Marsh

1969247 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1969
first published
  • 1969Fontana · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9780006118282
  • 1971Berkley Pub. Corp · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780425020470
  • 1976Fontana/Collins · ENGISBN 9780006142188
  • 1980Jove Books · 247 pages · ENGISBN 9780515068207
  • 1983Fontana · 284 pages · ENGISBN 9780006167914
  • 2005ISIS · 346 pages · ENGISBN 9780753174074
  • 1986Jove · ENGISBN 9780515085907
  • 1999St. Martin's Dead Letter · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780312970109

The 24th formerly Inspector, now Superintendent Alleyn detective novel. A mysterious wealthy patron gives a young man a "bombed-out" theater along with a glove belonging to "the bard," Shakespeare. Once the theater is renovated, the man is inspired to write a play about the glove. The play is a success, a violent death occurs, someone is attacked and the glove is stolen.

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AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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