Inspector Roderick Alleyn: Death and the Dancing Footman
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Inspector Roderick Alleyn is the urbane detective at the center of Ngaio Marsh’s celebrated mystery novels. In Death and the Dancing Footman, a country-house gathering brings together an eccentric host and a collection of guests whose relationships and secrets create the setting for a murder investigation.
The story combines the pleasures of a classic English country-house mystery with Alleyn’s measured, observant approach to solving a crime. Suspicion moves among the assembled guests as the investigation examines motives, behavior, and the details of the household. The title’s unusual image hints at the novel’s theatrical, offbeat atmosphere.
Listeners can expect a character-driven detective story with a polished, witty tone and the pleasures of an intricate mystery. Alleyn’s calm intelligence provides a steady guide through a world of social manners, concealed tensions, and carefully assembled clues.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.