When
In Rome by Ngaio Marsh is billed as one of her best
novels. I reluctantly disagree;
Ngaio
Marsh made a real trip to Rome so she would be able to correctly portray the
workings of the Italian police and to describe the buildings and art around –
she was not very impressed.
Inspector
Alleyn takes a trip to Rome as part of a group travelling on vacation. One of
the vacationers is murdered and in Alleyn’s attempt to find the killer – which he
does – he also gets mixed up with a drug ring.
I
think my difficulty with the novel is its being place oriented and less people
and discussion oriented
I
will continue to read Marsh’s books – I have enjoyed them quite a lot
overall. But this one was not for me.
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