SUMMARY: Portrait of a murder...Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's old school chum-- whom his wife Troy longs to paint-- is now President of Ng'ombwana, a brand-new African republic. This handsome, charismatic dictator has enemies of every stripe: from ruddy-faced ex-colonists to new rivals, from disp
Black as He's Painted
β Scribed by Marsh, Ngaio
- Book ID
- 107608831
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Series
- Roderick Alleyn 28
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0515036137
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