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# Vintage Murder: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #5

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## Customer Reviews

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    Ok, maybe it is me
  

*by H***K on Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2023*

The solution was not clear. I get the basics of how the murderer did it but am still confused by a lot of coming and going. Of course, I am a nurse and I am sleep deprived so it might be I am just slow. I really like Alleyn though.

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    Entertaining Novel Marred by Patronizing Racism
  

*by G***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2005*

Like her contemporaries Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh possessed a sort of patronizing racism typical of the “British Empire” mentality.  Sayers was very mild; Christie would shake hers after the horrors of World War II; but Marsh persisted in it throughout her career, and it is particularly noticeable when she writes about the Maori of her native New Zealand, which is the setting for her fifth novel, VINTAGE MURDER.Today Marsh is best recalled as a writer, but she was also a professional stage actress and director, and once again she gives her story a theatrical setting, with Alleyn unexpectedly involved with a touring theatrical company that stars noted actress Caroline Dakers.  Although Alleyn is on a long vacation after an unspecified illness, Miss Dakers herself reaches out to him when her husband and manager declares someone has tried to murder him—and then, in almost the same breath, a supporting actress announces she has been robbed of a large sum of money.  Most of the company (including Susan Max, who we met in ENTER A MURDERER) suspect the attempted murder was really an accident, and the robbed actress suddenly seems unwilling to pursue the matter of her stolen cash—but crime strikes again in a particularly bizarre way when Alleyn is invited to attend Miss Daker’s birthday party in the aftermath of a sold out performance.In telling her story, Marsh has characters state that there is no “color barrier” in New Zealand, but at the same time presents Dr. Te Pokiha, an extremely Anglicized, high caste Maori who is nonetheless intrinsically “savage.”  By 1930s standards Marsh’s attitudes are enlightened, but in the modern world it is an unattractive gloss.  The novel is further marred by a not-entirely-successful denouement.  Even so, Marsh knows how to cast a spell, and she captures the off-stage drama of the theatrical world she knew so well and she also endows New Zealand with an impressive literary beauty.  Worth reading for those points alone.GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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    Alleyn takes a holiday in New Zealand
  

*by P***O on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018*

Before she became the “Queen of Crime,” Ngaio Marsh was an artist and then an actress. She toured her native New Zealand with an acting company, and this novel reflects her time on the stage. I enjoyed the New Zealand setting and the colorful language of the New Zealand characters. Too right!The actors travel on trains just as Marsh did. And there’s an attempt at murder on the train. A later successful attempt at murder involves complicated riggings onstage. Chief Inspector Alleyn is only in New Zealand on holiday, but inevitably gets involved in the case. He interacts smoothly with the local police, who spout such charming expressions as, “Aw dikkon!” They appreciate Alleyn’s laid-back, gentlemanly ways and are pleased to have his insights.Solving the murder involves exhaustive examination and re-examination of the movements of many characters, which was sometimes hard for me to follow. But there are also suggestive interviews. Alleyn falls a bit under the spell of the leading lady.Marsh is clearly sympathetic to the Maori, as is her detective. I always wondered about her first name Ngaio, which just I found out is the Maori word for the name of a flowering tree. I’m following this series from early days. There will be more mysteries about artists and actors and New Zealand. It’s nice to have so many books to look forward to (their are 32 Roderick Alleyn mysteries in all).

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