Surfeit of Lampreys: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #10 (Volume 10)

Surfeit of Lampreys: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #10 (Volume 10)

by Ngaio Marsh

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4.4 stars from 1,144 reviews. Top 89% of Mystery Thriller books we track.


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Fans of these authors will like this...

  • Agatha Christie
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Ruth Ware

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  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The Moonstone
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Perfect for you if...

  • You love Golden Age mysteries with proper manners and proper murder plots, where everyone's charming and everyone's a suspect.
  • You appreciate clever detection that doesn't rely on tricks—just good old-fashioned police work and sharp observation.
  • You've read Agatha Christie and want to discover why critics say Marsh deserves equal billing.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You want fast-paced thriller plotting with high stakes and danger. This is a puzzle first, suspense second.
  • You prefer contemporary settings and modern language to 1940s upper-class English dialogue and social rituals.
  • You need your detective protagonist front and centre. Alleyn is excellent but shares focus with a large, entertaining cast.

About this book

The Lamprey family, an aristocratic household known for charm and wit but perpetually short of money, sees their financial troubles potentially resolved when the wealthy but disagreeable Lord Wutherwood is killed. His death results in an inheritance that rescues the family from their dire circumstances. Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to investigate, sympathetic to the family's relief but determined to establish whether they were responsible for their benefactor's death. The novel is also published under the title Death of a Peer.

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