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One of Ngaio Marsh's most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations - Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.
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‘A splendid, eccentric detective story in classic style.’
Evening Standard
‘She writes as beautifully as ever.’
Sunday Times
‘An elegant, disciplined writer, Marsh deserves to be read and re-read not just for her plots but for her characterisation, for her painter’s eye view and for her outsider’s insights into the heart of a vanished social world.’
Susan Howatch
‘The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress.’
The Sun
THE ALLEYN MYSTERIES
When the President of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn is called in to try to persuade him otherwise.
Alleyn performs his mission so successfully that on the night of the Ng'ombwanan Embassy's reception the house and grounds are stiff with police. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects in a coterie of ex-colonials residing in the very shadow of the Embassy...
"A splendid, eccentric detective story in classic style"
EVENING STANDARD
"She writes as beautifully as ever"
SUNDAY TIMES
"The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an express."
THE SUN
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- PublisherJove
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0515068187
- ISBN 13 9780515068184
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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Book Description Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Mass Market Paperback edition. (Roderick Alleyn, detective and mystery fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Seller Inventory # B07OS-00036
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