Order of Ngaio Marsh Books

Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a New Zealand writer of detective fiction, renowned for her Roderick Alleyn series. She is frequently mentioned alongside other Queens of Crime, such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. Besides her work as a novelist, Marsh was a theatre director who toured with her student actors, staging Shakespearean plays. She published her first novel, A Man Lay Dead, in 1934, and her last, Light Thickens, came out in 1982, the same year she passed away. Below is a list of Ngaio Marsh’s books in the order of their original release:

Ngaio Marsh became a published novelist in 1934 with the novel A Man Lay Dead. Below is a list of Ngaio Marsh's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Roderick Alleyn Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Man Lay Dead	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Enter a Murderer	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Nursing Home Murder	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death in Ecstasy	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Vintage Murder	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Artists in Crime	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death in a White Tie	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Overture to Death	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death at the Bar	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death of a Peer / Surfeit of Lampreys	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death and the Dancing Footman	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Colour Scheme	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Died in the Wool	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Final Curtain	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Wreath for Rivera / Swing, Brother, Swing	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Night at the Vulcan / Opening Night	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Spinsters In Jeopardy / The Bride of Death	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Scales of Justice	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death of a Fool / Off With His Head	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Singing in the Shrouds	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
False Scent	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Hand in Glove	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Dead Water	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Killer Dolphin / Death at the Dolphin	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Clutch of Constables	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
When in Rome	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Tied Up in Tinsel	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Black As He's Painted	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Last Ditch	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Grave Mistake	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Photo Finish	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Light Thickens	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Alleyn and Others / The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Still Unsolved	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Money in the Morgue (With: Stella Duffy)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Alleyn and Others / The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death on the Air and Other Stories	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Black Beech and Honeydew	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
New Zealand	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Chapter and Hearse	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Murder Takes a Holiday	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Bodies from the Library 4	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

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