Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. …
Want to Read $ 8.99"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinking, sir," said Sergeant Roper, "these thrillers are ruining our criminal classes."-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinking, sir," said Sergeant Roper, "these thrillers are ruining our criminal classes."-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
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2. Miss Silver Deals With Death (Miss Silver, #6)
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3. The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
By: Margery Allingham
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Format: 579 pages, Hardcover
Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Well… read more
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"There are some people to whom muddled thinking and self-deception are the two most unforgivable crimes in the world."-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
"Why it is that a garment which is honestly attractive in, say, 1910 should be honestly ridiculous a few years later and honestly charming again a few years later still is one of those things which ar…"-Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10)
4. Tether's End (Albert Campion Mystery, #16)
By: Margery Allingham
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Format: 196 pages, Paperback
In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in Lon… read more
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5. Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Elizabeth George , Janet Hitchman
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7. Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5)
By: Margery Allingham
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Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The impoverished Fitton family inhabit a run-down mill in a Suffolk village, and suspect their brot… read more
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8. The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15)
By: Margery Allingham
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Albert Campion, family, Lugg and DCI Charles Luke are on hand in Suffolk when friends Minnie and To… read more
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10. The China Governess (Albert Campion Mystery #17)
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11. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
By: Ngaio Marsh
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
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"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
12. The Case of William Smith (Miss Silver, #13)
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