Black As He's Painted

✍ Marsh, Ngaio 📂 Fiction 📅 2010 🏛 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 🌐 UND ⚖ 136 KB

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

✍ Ngaio Marsh 📂 Fiction 📅 1999 🏛 St. Martin's Press 🌐 English ⚖ 153 KB 👁 2 views

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

✍ Ngaio Marsh 📂 Fiction 📅 2015 🏛 Felony & Mayhem Press 🌐 English ⚖ 145 KB 👁 2 views

Ng'ombwana is a (fictional) African nation to have emerged in the wake of colonialism; as it happens, its President is Inspector Alleyn's old school chum, the "Boomer." Old school ties being what they are, the Boomer – making an official visit to London – insists that Alleyn handle his s

Black as He's Painted

✍ Marsh, Ngaio 📂 Fiction 📅 2010 🌐 English ⚖ 136 KB

Black As He's Painted

✍ Marsh, Ngaio 📂 Fiction 📅 1974 🏛 HarperCollins Publishers 🌐 en-US ⚖ 536 KB

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 Superintend

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✍ Marsh, Ngaio 📂 Fiction 📅 2010 🌐 UND ⚖ 135 KB