Gratuit avec l'essai de 30 jours

  • Colour Scheme

  • Auteur(s): Ngaio Marsh
  • Narrateur(s): Nadia May
  • Durée: 9 h et 44 min
  • 4,4 out of 5 stars (14 évaluations)

Choisissez 1 livre audio par mois dans notre incomparable catalogue.
Écoutez à volonté des milliers de livres audio, de livres originaux et de balados.
Accédez à des promotions et à des soldes exclusifs.
L'abonnement Premium Plus se renouvelle automatiquement au tarif de 14,95 $/mois + taxes applicables après 30 jours. Annulation possible à tout moment.
Page de couverture de Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme

Auteur(s): Ngaio Marsh
Narrateur(s): Nadia May
Essayer pour 0,00 $

Après 30 jours, 14,95$/mois. Annulable en tout temps.

Acheter pour 20,15$

Acheter pour 20,15$

Payer avec la carte finissant par
En confirmant votre achat, vous acceptez les conditions d'utilisation d'Audible et la déclaration de confidentialité d'Amazon. Des taxes peuvent s'appliquer.

Description

It was a horrible death - Maurice Questing was lured into a pool of boiling mud and left there to die. Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, knows that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles he'd hated, the New Zealanders he'd despised, or the Maoris he'd insulted. Even the spies he'd thwarted - if he wasn't a spy himself...
©1943 by Ngaio Marsh (P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks

Ce que les auditeurs disent de Colour Scheme

Moyenne des évaluations de clients
Au global
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 étoiles
    9
  • 4 étoiles
    2
  • 3 étoiles
    2
  • 2 étoiles
    1
  • 1 étoile
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 étoiles
    10
  • 4 étoiles
    1
  • 3 étoiles
    1
  • 2 étoiles
    1
  • 1 étoile
    0
Histoire
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 étoiles
    8
  • 4 étoiles
    3
  • 3 étoiles
    0
  • 2 étoiles
    1
  • 1 étoile
    1

Évaluations – Cliquez sur les onglets pour changer la source des évaluations.

Classer par :
Filtrer
  • Au global
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Histoire
    5 out of 5 stars

The best of the best!

Ms. Marsh is without a doubt the greatest writer, in this genre, of her generation. That says a lot considering her contemporaries Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham, to mention two. A story most enjoyable to either read or listen to.

The narrator, Nadia May, gives a marvellous performance. She brings all of the characters to life. Her reading is both smooth and expressive.

I highly recommend this book!

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.

  • Au global
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Histoire
    2 out of 5 stars

Racial Prejudice in otherwise good story

Yes, the racial prejudice was not good. The entitled British (and I speak as a British person myself) was quite unpleasant. While the story incorporated their views, as just evidence of ''the way it was' , a fact of the life, one can't help but wonder if it revealed some of the author's views. but she can't be asked now, having died decades ago. We can hope it was just telling it as it was.
Regardless, the story, the mystery was pretty good. I just didn't enjoy it because that way of life, the British colonists/invaders looking down their noses at those who belonged there in New Zealand (where the story is set) was always hovering or right up there. We see this in so many countries in the world. Anyway, if you can get past that, the story and mystery was pretty good.
The narrator has all the intonations of the people of that time done well. Can't comment on how she portrayed the voices of the Maori, but I"ll go with her inflecting as it was written. I've heard Nadia May before, and she is just right for Ngaio Marsh stories.
On another important note for those who are fans of Insp Alleyn, he was barely mentioned in this story.

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.

  • Au global
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Histoire
    5 out of 5 stars

A funny and entertaining mystery

Throughout a dismal and piercing portrayal of anglocentric condescension and damaged Māori dignity in wartime New Zealand, Ngaio Marsh displays affection and respect for each. By the end, I found myself feeling amused and generous toward appallingly flawed British newcomers, and respectful of the Māori trying to navigate their rapidly changing world while maintaining pride in their heritage and strengths. I enjoyed this complicated mystery set in a harsh and beautiful environment and appreciated the smooth reading of it..

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.

Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.