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Blurb: “The Second Act Was Death
The first act was a weekend party planned by Jonathan Royal—planned as a flesh-and-very-bloody drama with himself as stage manager. His cast consisted of seven guests; but an uninvited player, Death, arrived in the second act and turned Jonathan's little comedy into terrifying tragedy.
Of course Jonathan didn't plan the blizzard that marooned them in his country house; he didn't foresee that an eminent playwright would be dunked in the icy waters of a swimming pool in winter; and he didn't know that his footman would stop to dance a jig while a murderer was bashing in a victim's head. Fortunately, the climax was directed by the famous Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
As Will Cuppy said, "... Ngaio Marsh is the best mystery writer going •.. can't remember another baffler that ever struck with the impact of this one."