Death and the Dancing Footman

Death and the Dancing Footman
Ngaio Marsh

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.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…

NGAIO MARSH

DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMAN

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Death and the Dancing Footman first published in Great Britain by Collins 1942

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For Mivie and Greg with my love

CONTENTS

Cover (#u86f98e9c-572f-5b94-9c9e-cc9dcda1dcf1)

Title Page (#ubc7172b3-d4f9-5896-aef1-98cdcea56770)

Copyright (#u2c00c8b2-1415-5a6a-b428-1863e90f290c)

Dedication (#u208e8889-6fe7-5d4c-9a3b-20616e2120d6)

Cast of Characters (#u970db9aa-6d61-5976-8d1e-2a1164ff6203)

Part One (#u2074f549-ff36-5192-ab40-96e58f506ab1)

1. Project (#ub1d20a76-f37e-5266-b918-1ed0bca3b146)

2. Assembly (#u24895073-7f4b-51a3-9cfd-e33e7afb5886)

3. Contact (#ubce6283c-0b2e-552d-aa24-fad82e480023)

4. Threat (#ud12a4249-7600-55eb-8148-730e445e7cd8)

5. Attempt (#u8057eda3-de1b-5699-9628-5ade61cbafab)

6. Flight (#litres_trial_promo)

7. Booby Trap (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Third Time Lucky (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Alibi (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Journey (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Alleyn (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Recapitulation (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Examination (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Interrogation (#litres_trial_promo)

15. Document (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Arrest (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Departure (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

CAST OF CHARACTERS (#ulink_4c749176-c1df-5802-80c9-18943c762ad4)