Scales of Justice (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Ngaio Marsh |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Roderick Alleyn |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Spinsters in Jeopardy |
| Followed by | Off With His Head |
Scales of Justice is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh. It is the eighteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1955.
With a classic 'Golden Age' crime novel's setting, in the idyllic, self-contained, rural English community of Swevenings, the suspects are all members of a tight-knit social group revolving around the local baronet and his family, the Lacklanders.