Died in the Wool
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Author | Ngaio Marsh |
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Language | English |
Series | Roderick Alleyn |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Publisher | Collins Crime Club (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1945 |
Preceded by | Colour Scheme |
Followed by | Final Curtain |
Died in the Wool is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1945.[1] The novel is set in New Zealand, and death on a sheep farm.
Synopsis
The novel concerns the murder of a New Zealand parliamentarian on a remote sheep farm on the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, said to be located in Mackenzie country near Aoraki/Mount Cook. Mount Cook is referred to as the "Cloud-Piercer", the highest in a series of several peaks surrounding the high plateau where most of the action occurs). Like the previous novel in the series (Colour Scheme) the story takes place during World War II when Alleyn is doing counter-espionage work.
The format of the book is somewhat unusual, in that Alleyn does not arrive at the scene of the murder until fifteen months after it has taken place, and much of his detecting is founded upon stories told him by the chief witnesses in the case.
Television adaptation
Died in the Wool was one of four Alleyn novels adapted for New Zealand television in 1977; Alleyn was played by George Baker in a series called the Ngaio Marsh Theatre.
References
- ^ "DIED IN THE WOOL". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 1945. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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- Death in Ecstasy
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- Artists in Crime
- Death in a White Tie
- Overture to Death
- Death at the Bar
- Surfeit of Lampreys
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- Colour Scheme
- Died in the Wool
- Final Curtain
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- Opening Night
- Spinsters in Jeopardy
- Scales of Justice
- Off With His Head
- Singing in the Shrouds
- False Scent
- Hand in Glove
- Dead Water
- Death at the Dolphin
- Clutch of Constables
- When in Rome
- Tied Up in Tinsel
- Black as He's Painted
- Last Ditch
- Grave Mistake
- Photo Finish
- Light Thickens
- Ngaio Marsh Theatre
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
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