Ah, the London debutante season: giggles and tea-dances, white dresses and inappropriate romances. And much too much champagne. And, apparently, a blackmailer, which is where Inspector Roderick Alleyn comes in. The social whirl is decidedly not Alleyn's environment, so he brings in an assistant in t
Death in a White Tie
โ Scribed by Ngaio Marsh
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Year
- 1997;1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312963610
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY: The Social Event of the Season Has Death on Its Guest ListNo one is more popular on London's champagne-and-caviar that charming Lord Gospell. However, on the morning after the year's most glittering ball, someone finds a reason to asphyxiate "Bunchy" Gospell in a taxi headed across town. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn is called in to find out who killed his old friend, and to cleverly unwind a tangle of murky secrets that began far from the ballroom floor.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Alex Hawke is tracking one of the world's most powerful villains high in the Swiss Alps A powerful Swiss banker is found dead, frozen at the base of a soaring Alp. When a second man, the head of a rival banking empire, is found dead deep inside a mountain cave, MI6 suspects a bizarre conspiracy. Va
**Hailed as a hero for the new millennium, NUMA leader Kurt Austin must protect the seas delicate ecosystem from a fish-farming organization with big plans for their genetically-modified product in this #1 *New York Times*-bestselling adventure series.** A confrontation between a radical enviro
***White Death* is Clive Cussler's fourth heart-pounding NUMA Files novel.** When a confrontation between a radical environmental group and a Danish cruiser off the Faroe Islands sinks a ship, trapping her crew beneath the waves, Kurt Austin of NUMA is immediately called to the rescue. Investigatin
A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser has forced Austin and colleague Joe Zavala to come to the rescue of a shipful of trapped men, but when the two investigate further, they discover that something far more sinister is at work.
A ruthless corporation is about to take command of the seas. This is a mission for Kurt Austin and the NUMA team. ### From Publishers Weekly Cussler's multitude of fans arrive at the table expecting a roiling stew of seafaring adventure, exotic travel destinations, cutting-edge science, a splash o