Money in the Morgue
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3.8 • 17 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
This novel of murder and espionage in World War II New Zealand is "an exquisite reminder of the brilliance of Marsh's London detective" (The Guardian).
Inspector Roderick Alleyn just wants to write a letter to his wife, but World War II, for one, keeps intruding. It's war-work, after all, that has brought Alleyn to this seedy hospital in New Zealand's hinterlands, and it's the war that has left the hospital swimming in convalescing soldiers—noisy, often drunk, and always over-interested in the nurses. Nor is the weather helping. A storm has killed the electrical power, leaving Alleyn, the soldiers, and the medical staff stranded in the dark . . ..with a murderer. It's a good thing for everyone that there's a Scotland Yard detective on hand . . .
An unfinished novel by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master seamlessly completed by Crime Writers of America Dagger Award winner Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue is "an intriguing mystery" with a "satisfyingly varied and vivid cast" (The Guardian).
"A taut atmospheric whodunit . . .Duffy's facility at injecting wit into fair-play detecting will make Marsh fans hope she'll continue the series." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Duffy (The Hidden Room) does an excellent job building a taut atmospheric whodunit based on the opening chapters and a few notes that Marsh (1895 1982) left behind for her 33rd mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Chief Det. Insp. Roderick Alleyn. During WWII, Alleyn takes on a sensitive undercover assignment at a New Zealand military hospital, Mount Seager, after counterespionage suspects that radio transmissions from its vicinity are intended for the Japanese. Alleyn poses as a Mount Seager patient, a writer suffering from a nervous disorder. For a week, he discovers nothing of significance, until he's confronted with "a major robbery, the missing corpse of an elderly man, and the found body of the most senior and longest-serving staff member in the hospital." A storm that cuts off the hospital from the outside world hampers Alleyn's efforts to sort out what happened. Duffy's facility at injecting wit into fair-play detecting will make Marsh fans hope she'll continue the series.
Customer Reviews
Stone
Short chapters, easier reading. Intense, comical, interesting. Timeline doesn’t fit, saying Roderick was in the first war. Even if he was 18 at the end - would put him into his eighties when the last books were written.