A Surfeit of Lampreys / Death and the Dancing Footman / Colour Scheme: Death and

Description: A Surfeit of Lampreys / Death and the Dancing Footman / Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crimes first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crimes first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. SURFEIT OF LAMPREYSThe Lampreys were a peculiar family. They entertained their guests with charades - like rich Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out of poverty again. But Uncle Gabriel meets a violent end, and Chief Inspector Alleyn had to work out which of them killed him…DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMANIt begins as an entertainment: eight people, many of them adversaries, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. It ends in snowbound disaster. Everyone has an alibi - and a motive as well. But Roderick Alleyn soon realizes that it all hangs on Thomas, the dancing footman…COLOUR SCHEMEIt was a horrible death -lured into a pool of boiling mud and left to die. Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for enemy agents, knows that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles hed hated, the New Zealanders hed despised, or the Maoris hed insulted. Even the spies hed thwarted… Author Biography 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 Marshs real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand publics interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her damery in 1966. Long Description Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crimes first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS The Lampreys were a peculiar family. They entertained their guests with charades - like rich Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out of poverty again. But Uncle Gabriel meets a violent end, and Chief Inspector Alleyn had to work out which of them killed him... DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMAN It begins as an entertainment: eight people, many of them adversaries, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. It ends in snowbound disaster. Everyone has an alibi - and a motive as well. But Roderick Alleyn soon realizes that it all hangs on Thomas, the dancing footman... COLOUR SCHEME It was a horrible death -lured into a pool of boiling mud and left to die. Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for enemy agents, knows that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles hed hated, the New Zealanders hed despised, or the Maoris hed insulted. Even the spies hed thwarted... Description for Sales People Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crimes first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS The Lampreys were a peculiar family. They entertained their guests with charades - like rich Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out of poverty again. But Uncle Gabriel meets a violent end, and Chief Inspector Alleyn had to work out which of them killed him... DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMAN It begins as an entertainment: eight people, many of them adversaries, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. It ends in snowbound disaster. Everyone has an alibi - and a motive as well. But Roderick Alleyn soon realizes that it all hangs on Thomas, the dancing footman... COLOUR SCHEME It was a horrible death -lured into a pool of boiling mud and left to die. Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for enemy agents, knows that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles hed hated, the New Zealanders hed despised, or the Maoris hed insulted. Even the spies hed thwarted... Details ISBN0007328729 Author Ngaio Marsh Series The Ngaio Marsh Collection Year 2009 ISBN-10 0007328729 ISBN-13 9780007328727 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1899 Death 1982 Pages 864 Media Book DEWEY 823.914 Short Title SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS Language English Publication Date 2009-10-29 Subtitle Death and the Dancing Footman - Colour Scheme UK Release Date 2009-10-29 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780007531387 Series Number Book 4 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-01-13 NZ Release Date 2010-01-13 Imprint HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160756421;

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