Black As Hes Painted by Ngaio Marsh

Black As Hes Painted by Ngaio Marsh

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When the President of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Superintendent Alleyn persuades him to do otherwise. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects in a coterie of ex-colonials.

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Black As Hes Painted by Ngaio Marsh

When the President of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Superintendent Alleyn persuades him to do otherwise. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects in a coterie of ex-colonials.

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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ISBN 13 9780006138402
ISBN 10 0006138403
Title Black As Hes Painted
Author Ngaio Marsh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1994-11-28
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.