At this date NM
's reputation in the United States stood far higher than that of Agatha Christie
.
Lewis, Margaret. Ngaio Marsh: A Life. Chatto & Windus, 1991.
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The Observer reviewed Opening Night as NM
's best work to date.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
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Reception
Agatha Christie
In the early twenty-first century Penguin Putnam
had around sixty AC
titles in print. The BBC
issued VHS and in some case DVD sets of series of her works featuring Margaret Rutherford
as Miss Marple...
Textual Production
Ngaio Marsh
After the war Marsh, increasingly involved in theatrical ventures in New Zealand, produced such detective novels as Died in the Wool, 1945 (set on a New Zealand sheep station, with Alleyn still engaged...
Timeline
1963: Collins published Patricia Moyes's detective...
Women writers item
1963
Collins
published Patricia Moyes
's detective novel Murder à la mode, which takes place amid the fashion industry, for its Crime Club
.