Colour Scheme

A mystery with "e;atmosphere, humor . . .and a group of characters, English, Maori, and New Zealander, who are fascinating and completely credible."e; -The New York TimesDuring World War II, Colonel Claire a tremendously nice fellow and a disastrously bad businessman runs a mud-baths resort in rural New Zealand. But the place is on the brink of being taken over by a local blowhard who may be a Nazi spy. Inspector Alleyn has been sent in to sort things out and don a disguise in order to blend in the resort's motley cast of characters in this classic tale of detection from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. "e;It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around."e; New York Magazine