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Originally Posted by Gazella
HarryT, Ngaio Marsh/Inspector Alleyn or Colin Dexter/Inspector Morse, since you've read both, which do you like best?
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That's a very difficult question for me to answer, since I enjoy both so much.
Dexter is the master of the complex, intellectually-challenging, murder mystery. I enjoy the "challenge" of the Morse books, and Morse himself is of course a fascinating character.
In many of Marsh's book the murder is obvious - trivial, even. It just forms the background to the story. It's the characters I love so much in her books. She's undoubtedly the better
novelist, I think.
I you were to force me to choose one over the other, I would - with great reluctance - choose Dexter, I think.
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Are you familiar with Margery Allingham's books?
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I've read some of them in paper, but they aren't (legally) available as ebooks, so I'm putting off re-reading them in the hope that they'll be released as ebooks.