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  • Hand in Glove

  • By: Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Sinden
  • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (80 ratings)
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Hand in Glove

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Summary

The April Fool’s Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed - except for poor Mr. Cartell, who had ended up in the ditch - forever. Then there was the case of Mr. Percival Pyke Period’s letter of condolence, sent before the body was found - not to mention the family squabbles.

It was a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn....

©1962 Original Text of 1962 by Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"Neat, dexterous.... Miss Marsh’s freshest and most enjoyable performance for years." ( Sunday Times)
"Light, entertaining and disastrously readable." ( Guardian)

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Super narrator

I've listened to all the Ngaio Marsh narrators and Mr Sinden is my favourite: especially his Inspector Fox.

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An Excellently Twisty Tale

The first time I read this story I remember being disgusted that the nastiest character didn't seem to get their comeuppance. But with Ngaio Marsh you never do know who the baddie is until quite late on. Sometimes the nicest seeming characters turn out to be the star baddies.
Very well written and pretty well narrated too. A nice clear voice, even though sometimes the vocal distinction between characters wasn't always clear.
I very much enjoyed having Jeremy Sinden read this tale to me.

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Another excellent Marsh.

Another wonderful period piece, classic, golden age whodunnit by one of its greatest proponents. Dame Ngaio's use of language is beautifully descriptive and this novel is fantastically and deliberately laugh out loud funny on many occasions. While read supremely by Jeremy Sinden, the mispronunciation of "Alleyn" is more sinful than Sinden. It detracts from the narration very slightly but it's a small deficiency. If he ever reads Dame Agatha's Poirot novels, l doubt he'll say "Poy Royt"!

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Enjoyable

I am working my way through Ngaio Marsh's books. This I have to say is possibly my favourite so far. It kept me listening when ever I could. The Narrator Jeremy Sinden is I think the best.

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Learn how to pronounce Alleyn for goodness sake

Years ago, when I first read a Ngaio Marsh novel, my first task was how to pronounce her first name and her main character's second name. People are free to pronounce the name however they wish, but it is generally agreed that the upper classes (and Alleyn is definitely upper class) pronounce the name ALLEN. In a story which includes a pernickety pedantic family historian who cares about such things it is impossible to believe that the name would be pronounced Allain. It took me ages to learn to think of it as Allen... and the name is tripping me up all through the otherwise well done audio book. It's probably too late now, but if the name is pronounced the same way by all the other readers, it will probably dissuade me from buying another Ngaio Marsh. I find it soo irritating that the publisher didn't check this. They must have checked the pronunciation of Ngaio?

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