She writes better than Christie.The New York Times

A missing Member of Parliament is found dead, pressed in a bale of wooland a year
later Inspector Roderick Alleyn receives a desperate plea involving him in a gruesome
war of espionage where he becomes as much the quarry as the hunter.

Ngaio Marsh, a native New Zealander whose name means "flowering tree" in Maori, was a detective story writer and theatrical producer. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her classic mysteries. The continuing popularity of her hero, Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn, has assured her a lasting place among the world's top mystery authors.

Nadia May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently lives.