Игра в убийство. На каждом шагу констебли

Dva uvlekatelʹnykh romana Naĭo Marsh o prikli͡uchenii͡akh inspektora Skotland-i͡arda, polit͡seĭskogo-intellektuala Roderika Alleĭna, - klassicheskie detektivy, polnye tonchaĭshego, chisto britanskogo i͡umora.Kompanii͡a rodstvennikov, druzeĭ i prii͡ateleĭ ėkst͡sentrichnogo millionera reshaet skorotatʹ vecherok v zagorodnom dome modnoĭ 'igroĭ v ubiĭstvo'. Odnako igra perestaet bytʹ igroĭ, kogda odnogo iz gosteĭ obnaruzhivai͡ut zakolotym kinzhalom.Kto zhe izbavilsi͡a ot respektabelʹnogo sėra Charlza? Pod podozreniem reshitelʹno vse, ot boĭkogo kuzena zhertvy - reportera svetskoĭ khroniki - do russkogo ėmigranta-dvoret͡skogo. I u kazhdogo podozrevaemogo, vyi͡asni͡aet Alleĭn, imelisʹ i motivy, i vozmozhnosti.V otsutstvii ubyvshego v komandirovku supruga, zhena Alleĭna, talantlivai͡a khudozhnit͡sa Troĭ, otpravli͡aetsi͡a na malenʹkom parokhodike v uveselitelʹnyĭ kruiz po Temze. Atmosfera na sudne t͡sarit ui͡utnai͡a, nevzirai͡a na pestrui͡u, raznomastnui͡u kompanii͡u passazhirov. No chto-to kazhetsi͡a Troĭ neulovimo podozritelʹnym, chto-to zastavli͡aet ee napri͡azhenno zhdatʹ proisshestviĭ.I ozhidanii͡a ee opravdyvai͡utsi͡a, kogda kto-to zhestoko ubivaet nazoĭlivui͡u, smeshnui͡u, no dobrodushnui͡u starui͡u devu. Troĭ reshaet nachatʹ sobstvennoe rassledovanie...

Two fascinating novels by Nyo Marsh about the adventures of Scotland Yard inspector, intellectual policeman Roderick Alleyn, are classic detectives full of the finest, purely British humor.A company of relatives, friends and buddies of an eccentric millionaire decides to pass the evening in a country house with a fashionable "murder game". However, the game ceases to be a game when one of the guests is found stabbed with a dagger.Who got rid of the respectable Sir Charles? Everything is under suspicion, from the victim's brisk cousin - a gossip reporter - to a Russian emigrant butler. And each suspect, Alleyn finds out, had both motives and opportunities.In the absence of a spouse who has gone on a business trip, Alleyn's wife, a talented artist Troy, goes on a small steamer on a pleasure cruise along the Thames. The atmosphere on the ship is cozy, despite the motley, diverse company of passengers. But something seems to Troy subtly suspicious, something makes her wait tensely for incidents.And her expectations are justified when someone brutally kills an annoying, funny, but good-natured old maid. Troy decides to start his own investigation...