Roderick Alleyn

Roderick Alleyn is a series of novels and short stories written by Ngaio Marsh, featuring the British gentleman detective Roderick Alleyn. Novels: • A Man Lay Dead (1934) • Enter a Murderer (1935) • The Nursing Home Murder (1935) • Death in Ecstasy (1936) • Vintage Murder (1937) • Artists in Crime (1938) • Death in a White Tie (1938) • Overture to Death (1939) • Death at the Bar (1940) • Death of a Peer (USA, 1940) / Surfeit of Lampreys (UK, 1941) • Death and the Dancing Footman (1942) • Colour Scheme (1943) • Died in the Wool (1945) • Final Curtain (1947) • Swing Brother Swing / A Wreath for Rivera (USA) (1949) • Opening Night / Night at the Vulcan (USA) (1951) • Spinsters in Jeopardy (USA, 1953) / UK, 1954) • Scales of Justice (1955) • Death of a Fool (USA, 1956) / Off with His Head (UK, 1957) • Singing in the Shrouds (1959) • False Scent (1960) • Hand in Glove (1962) • Dead Water (1964) • Killer Dolphin (USA, 1966) / Death at the Dolphin (UK, 1967) • Clutch of Constables (1968) • When in Rome (1970) • Tied Up in Tinsel (1972) • Black As He's Painted (1974) • Last Ditch (1977) • Grave Mistake (1978) • Photo Finish (1980) • Light Thickens (1982) • Money in the Morgue (2018) (unfinished - completed by Stella Duffy) Short stories: • "Death on the Air" (1936) • "I Can Find My Way Out" (USA, 1946) • "Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery" (USA, 1974) The three Alleyn stories were later published in a collected edition titled Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995), along with two original biographical essays "Roderick Alleyn" and "Portrait of Troy".