A deadly dull man is now just plain dead in this novel by "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews

One has to admit that the timing was peculiar. No one could doubt that Mr. Percival Pyke Period was genuinely distraught to hear that his neighbor, Harry Cartell, had turned up dead in a ditch. But how is it that Mr. Percival Pyke came to write the letter of condolence before the body was found? And how is it that Mr. Cartell came to inspire such violence? Yes he was boring, yes he was stuffy, but who would kill a man for the crime of being a bad conversationalist? If tediousness has become grounds for murder, Inspector Alleyn shudders to think of the body count to come...
"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." -- Times Literary Supplement

"Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." -- The New York Times

• We started tracking this book on February 24, 2015.
• This book was $7.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 156 times in the past 3,630 days.
• The current price of this book is $2.99 last checked 2 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on November 13, 2023.
• This book has been $1.99 11 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $15.99 last reached on November 15, 2024.
• This book has been $15.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Literature & Fiction

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 230 Pages
• File Size: 1,344 KB