Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh combines humor, murder and the charm of small English village. Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh is a mystery book without the suspense and thrill of modern thrillers. This book does not contain a single vulgar word.

The word that is used for exclamation is just “Blast.”

This is a book featuring Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn, and Inspector Fox. In this book, Inspector Fox exhibits his emotional depth that is not common in other book.

Inspector Fox apparently has an interest in the jolly Nurse Kettle. It is just too bad that Nurse Kettle falls in love with Commander Syce instead.

I find Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh a very funny book. The focus of this book should be the murder victim. However, Chief Detective Inspector pays more attention to the trouts.

There are two different trouts present in this story. The big trout, nicknamed as The Old ‘Un, and another trout.

I do not know anything about fishing or trout. It seems that the scales of the trouts are as distinctive as our fingerprints. No two trout shares the same pattern in the scales.

The murderer in this case is quite apparent. The writer hints a few times in this book. However, the motive for killing is not apparent. The natives keep on telling us that the murderer is not one of them. That leaves only one person who can be the murderer.

I like the names given to the cats and car in this case.

The name of the cat, Mrs Thomasina Twitchett, is so funny and unique. I wonder who else on earth will name a cat like that.

I like the name that Nurse Kettle gives to her car. The car is known as Araminta. That sounds like a nice pretty name for a doll. I cannot imagine anyone naming their car in this manner as well.

The mystery was solved due to the present of scales of the trouts on the clothing of the murderer. That is why this book is aptly named as the Scales of Justice.

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh is a cozy murder story that will never lose its charm. The combined elements of love, pets, hobby, countryside and spies are what make the book unique. I like the absence of vulgar language as well.