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Black As He's Painted

✍ Scribed by Marsh, Ngaio

Book ID
108123828
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Year
1974
Tongue
en-US
Weight
536 KB
Series
Roderick Alleyn 28
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780007328789

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

One of Ngaio Marsh's most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations -- Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.

When the exuberant 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 persuade him otherwise.

Consequently, on the night of the embassy's reception the house and grounds are stiff with police. Nevertheless, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn finds he has no shortage of help, from Special Branch to a tribal court -- and a small black cat named Lucy Lockett who out-detects them all...

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