Best known for her 33 novels featuring detective Inspector Alleyn, New Zealand's Ngaio Marsh also wrote three short stories starring her beloved sleuth. Also included are five other tales, the 1975 telescript Evil Liver, and a pair of essays.

"[Marsh was] a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery." —Kirkus Reviews

"Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A."—New York Times