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Death of a Peer

Book ID
127035024
Year
1940
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Category
Standards

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

With a »sidekick» named Shakespeare, Inspector Alleyn singles out a killer from a glittering array of suspects...|Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye. The Lampreys had plenty of charm - but no cash. They all knew they were peculiar, the charades with which they entertained their guests became quite complicated. And when Uncle Gabriel Lamprey dies, Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn is called in.

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