![]() ![]() Shot: Enter a Murderer, where a theatre prop gun is switched and Overture to Death, where the pistol is concealed in a piano. Stabbing: A Man Lay Dead, using an artefact, Artists in Crime, where the victim is pushed down onto a knife in a couch Surfeit of Lampreys involves a skewer and is thought to be a very grizzly murder Swing Brother Swing involves a stiletto, as does Photo Finishand Black as he’s Painted includes a spear. ![]() So to begin here are the overall results of the different murder methods Marsh used: I don’t think I am giving any spoilers away here, as these murder methods are usually revealed to the reader shortly after the body is discovered. ![]() Also, in some books there may be more than one killing, but to simplify things I have focused purely on the primary killings. In this analysis I decided to exclude Spinsters in Jeopardy (1954), as I didn’t think there was a central death. This week for the Tuesday Night Bloggers I have decided to look at the murder methods Ngaio Marsh employs in her novels. ![]()
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