Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: Set 2

When crime occurs among the members of the British upper class, you can count on Scotland Yard to dispatch aristocratic Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn (Patrick Malahide, The Singing Detective) to the elegant scene. As you accompany him in Death in a White Tie, will you spot the deadly blackmailer waltzing through London?s debutante season? Will you deduce which guest served murder for dessert after an elegant country luncheon party in Hand in Glove? Who metes out murder in the Scales of Justice in order to prevent publication of Sir Henry Lacklander?s war memoirs? And in Dead Water, who?s trying to kill Alleyn?s old friend, Emily Pride, and take control of her beautiful Scottish island? Four classy thrillers, based on the novels of legendary crime writer Ngaio Marsh, as seen on PBS Mystery!

Dame Ngaio Marsh named her best-known character as a compliment to her father, who attended a school founded by the Elizabethan tragedian Edward Alleyn.