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Light Thickens
First edition
AuthorNgaio Marsh
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoderick Alleyn
GenreDetective fiction, Theatre-fiction
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1982
Preceded byPhoto Finish 

Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982. The plot concerns the murder of the lead actor in a production of Macbeth in London, and the novel takes its title from a line in the play.

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Light Thickens

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Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982...

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Thickening agent

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(potassium activated) but iota carrageenan will not form gels and only thickens. Proteins - Casein, collagen, and sometimes albumin. Modified castor oil...

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Roderick Alleyn

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the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, although the last Alleyn novel, Light Thickens, was published in 1982. Marsh mentions in an introduction that she named...

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Ngaio Marsh

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Murder, Overture to Death, Opening Night, Death at the Dolphin, and Light Thickens), and three others are about actors off stage (Colour Scheme, False...

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Detective fiction

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Devi Jakhan Namibe Andhar Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh A Man Lay Dead Light Thickens Lew Archer Ross Macdonald The Moving Target The Blue Hammer Byomkesh...

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Cream

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a bacterial culture that produces lactic acid (0.5%+), which sours and thickens it. Crème fraîche (28% milk fat) is slightly soured with bacterial culture...

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Death at the Dolphin

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Dolphin. Several characters from the novel return in Marsh's final book, Light Thickens. Marsh's biographer Margaret Lewis notes that the renovation of the...

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Cultural references to Macbeth

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for Macbeth) and, in the case of Ngaio Marsh's last detective novel Light Thickens, the play takes centre stage as the rehearsal, production and run of...

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Ou cuisine

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tastes fresh, light, and not bland. During the cooking process, it emphasizes "two light and a heavy," that is, light oil, light thickening, and heavy knife...

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Enter a Murderer

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February 1935. Retrieved 1 April 2024. Realism and Relevancy: Portrayals of the Theatre in Ngaio Marsh's Enter a Murderer (1935) and Light Thickens (1982)...

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T1 light tank

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The T1 light tank was a United States Army light tank of the late 1920s and early 1930s that was only built in prototype form. The tank was an Army design...

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The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable...

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Nick Traina

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I Go (1998) Carroll, Jerry (October 22, 1995). "Danielle Steel's Plot Thickens/San Francisco social circles buzzing as romance author, fourth husband...

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List of works titled after Shakespeare

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Javier Marías (II.ii) Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham (II.iii) Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh (III.ii) Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles (III.iii) Can...

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Custard

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in Boston cream pie. The thickening of the custard is caused by the combination of egg and starch. Corn flour or flour thickens at 100 °C (212˚F) and as...

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Grave Mistake

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followed by Photo Finish (1980), her final novel set in New Zealand, and Light Thickens (1982), her final novel with a theatrical setting. The book was well...

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Clutch of Constables

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Vintage Murder, Colour Scheme, Black As He's Painted and her final novel Light Thickens). It is interesting how often Marsh makes Alleyn or Troy strongly attracted...

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Dulce de leche

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after more constant stirring (between 1.5 – 2 hours) until the mixture thickens and finally turns a rich brown golden-brown colour. Another method calls...

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French mother sauces

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veal broth. Velouté sauce: Light coloured sauce, made by reducing clear stock (made from un-roasted bones) and thickened with a white roux. Velouté is...

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1982 in literature

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Classical Physicist Ngaio Marsh – Light Thickens George R. R. Martin – Fevre Dream James Merrill – The Changing Light at Sandover James A. Michener – Space...

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Roux

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Roux (/ruː/) is a mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces. Roux is typically made from equal parts of flour and fat by weight...

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Onion soup

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without cheese. The south German onion soup is thickened with light roux, run through a sieve, thickened with egg yolk and served with bits of roast bread...

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Homalopoma tapparonei

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The rounded aperture is oblique and simple. The peristome shows a light thickening. The shell is within white, or painted like the outside. The simple...

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Pelagia noctiluca

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stinger, purple people eater, purple jellyfish, luminous jellyfish and night-light jellyfish. In Greek, pelagia means "(she) of the sea", from pelagos "sea...

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Alcubierre drive

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torus (donut shape). However, as this less energetic warp bubble also thickens toward the interior region, it leaves less flat space to house the spacecraft...

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