A group of swindlers creates a contrived occult sect to smuggle and sell drugs. But they didn't count on Scotland Yard Inspector Roderick Alleyn and his perceptive wife, Agatha Troy, who just happen to have a distant cousin in the sect. Nadia May brings all her storytelling expertise to the complicated plot, managing to keep the numerous characters distinct and identifiable. She ably imparts a suitable accent to the French characters and also conveys a credible portrayal of an Egyptian. May possesses a rare ability to narrate children's voices, giving them a youthful pitch and undeveloped enunciation without the squeakiness so often heard from adult readers of children's parts. R.P.L. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD �dition.

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High in mountains stands the magnificent Saracen fortress, home of the mysterious Mr Oberon, leader of a coven of witches. It is not the historic castle, however, that intrigues Roderick Alleyn, on holiday with his family, but the suspicion that a huge drugs ring operates from within its ancient portals. But before the holiday is over, someone else has stumbled upon the secret. And Mr Oberon decides his strange and terrible rituals require a human sacrifice This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 An Atypical Inspector Allen Novel, Avril 21 2002

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This review is from: Spinsters in Jeopardy (Mass Market Paperback)

When he is assigned to investigate a drug ring hiding behind the facade of a cult religion in the south of France, Inspector Allen elects to combine business with pleasure: he will take his wife Troy and their son Ricky along, allowing them to vacation in the area while he works. But circumstances override his intentions when an Englishwoman on their train suffers an attack of appendicitus requiring immediate surgery, the Allens agree to take charge of her, and the only qualified surgeon in the area is one working with the drug ring. Allen's cover is quickly blown, and in order to distract him from further investigation the drug ring members kidnap his child.

SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY is quite unlike most Marsh novels for it is not a mystery per se; the criminals are immediately apparent, and although there is a somewhat covert mystery afoot Marsh relies almost exclusively upon suspense and her knack for creating vividly-painted characters to substain interest. While this is certainly enough to make the novel entertaining, it is not enough to make this particular novel--the plot of which relies on coincidence upon coincidence--as memorable as her other work. Even so, the book is quite enjoyable in a Hitchcockian sort of way, reminding one a bit of the director's THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. Agatha Christie fans will also recognize that Marsh has borrowed a device from Christie's THE 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON, in which a passenger unexpectedly witnesses a murder through a train window. A pleasant read, but not among the first rank of Marsh novels.

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