Colour Scheme Author:Ngaio Marsh The scene is New Zealand during WWII; the characters an ill-assorted, bizarre group of New Zealanders, Britishers, and Maoris. Col. Claire and his wife, who own and operate a second-class thermal bath establishment, have two children, an awkward unsophisticated daughter of 25 and a son who is studying Morse Code at home in preparation for war av... more »iation. . . . . With the first chapter one senses something queer and something very wrong......« less