Ngaio Marsh Books In Order

Ngaio Marsh, or Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh, was an author and theater director in New Zealand. She was appointed as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.

Her most famous fictional character is Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a detective working for London Metropolitan Police.

She has received many awards in New Zealand for crime, thriller, and mystery fiction writing.


Roderick Alleyn Books in Order (35 Books)

  1. A Man Lay Dead (1934)
  2. Enter a Murderer (1935)
  3. The Nursing Home Murder (1935)
  4. Death in Ecstasy (1936)
  5. Vintage Murder (1937)
  6. Artists in Crime (1938)
  7. Death in a White Tie (1938)
  8. Overture to Death (1939)
  9. Death at the Bar (1940)
  10. Death of a Peer (1941)
  11. Death and the Dancing Footman (1942)
  12. Colour Scheme (1943)
  13. Died in the Wool (1945)
  14. Final Curtain (1947)
  15. A Wreath for Rivera (1949)
  16. Night at the Vulcan (1951)
  17. The Bride of Death (1955)
  18. Scales of Justice (1955)
  19. Off With His Head (1957)
  20. Singing in the Shrouds (1959)
  21. False Scent (1959)
  22. Hand in Glove (1962)
  23. Dead Water (1964)
  24. Death at the Dolphin (1966)
  25. Clutch of Constables (1968)
  26. When in Rome (1970)
  27. Tied Up in Tinsel (1972)
  28. Black As He’s Painted (1974)
  29. Last Ditch (1977)
  30. A Grave Mistake (1978)
  31. Photo Finish (1980)
  32. Light Thickens (1982)
  33. The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh (1989)
  34. Still Unsolved (1990)
  35. Money in the Morgue (2018)

Short Story Collections in Order (1 Book)

  1. Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995)

Non-Fiction Books in Order (2 Books)

  1. Black Beech and Honeydew (1965)
  2. New Zealand (1989)

Anthologies in Order (1 Book)

  1. Chapter and Hearse (1985)

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