New Zealand crime writer and theater director is often compared to her contemporaries Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. I've read two or three of Marsh's Inspector Alleyn mysteries and I like them, but still favor Christie.
In Grave Mistake, a rest cure at the local spa turns deadly for Sybil Foster. Sybil is the snobby and nervy owner of the grandest estate in Upper Quintern. Sybil escapes to the spa to avoid a visit from her stepson, "Charmless" Claude. Her death is ruled a suicide, but the autopsy findings change that. Suspects include: Claude who was searching for a family legacy; daughter Prunella and her undesirable fiance, Gideon; the rather attentive new gardener whose name is Gardener; Dr. Basil Schramm, Sybil's latest flame; Verity Sybil's dear friend who had a dark past with Dr. Schramm.
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