An aristocrat dies under fishy circumstances in this tale by "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" (
The Sun).
In an almost unspeakably charming little English village, one of the local aristocrats turns up dead next to the local trout-stream with, in fact, a trout at his side. Everyone is dreadfully upset, of course, but really, just a tad irritated as well-murder is so awfully messy. Inspector Alleyn doesn't quite fit in among the inbred gentry, but they'll allow him to do his work and clear the matter up-though they do wish he didn't feel compelled to ask quite so many questions. . .
"The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers." -
Times Literary Supplement
"A peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery." -
Kirkus Reviews
"Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." -
The New York Times
