Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 7: Off With His Head, Singing in the Shrouds, False Scent

Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 7: Off With His Head, Singing in the Shrouds, False Scent
Ngaio Marsh

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the seventh volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteriesOFF WITH HIS HEADWhen the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate local folk-dancing, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction. When the sword dancers' traditional mock beheading of the Winter Solstice becomes horribly real, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn finds himself faced with a complex case of gruesome proportions…SINGING IN THE SHROUDSOn a cold February London night, the police find a corpse on the quayside, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer, who walked away singing, is known to be one of nine passengers on the cargo ship, Cape Farewell. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship on the most difficult assignment of his career…FALSE SCENT Mary Bellamy, darling of the London stage, holds a 50th birthday party, a gala for everyone who loves her and fears her power. Then someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of the azaleas. The suspects, all very theatrically, are playing the part of mourners. Superintendent Alleyn has to find out which one played the murderer…

Ngaio Marsh

INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION:

Off With His Head, Singing in the Shrouds, False Scent

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Off With His Head first published in Great Britain by Collins 1957 Singing in the Shrouds first published in Great Britain by Collins 1958 False Scent first published in Great Britain by Collins 1960 My Poor Boy first published in Great Britain in Death on the Air and Other Stories by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995

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My Poor Boy copyright © Ngaio Marsh (Jersey) Ltd 1989

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Contents

Cover (#u46c73ea0-5995-5a03-93f8-255d2cc75444)

Title Page (#u5c3b87a9-6011-52dd-873b-fc013826ca0d)

Copyright (#u30674b63-e7d5-5331-b31b-d9e30e27fc80)

Off With His Head (#uf7d6ad2f-0be4-5372-aa8c-07bf8e68c96c)

Singing in the Shrouds (#litres_trial_promo)

False Scent (#litres_trial_promo)

BONUS STORY: My Poor Boy (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Off With His Head (#ulink_c409e5d7-d776-577b-94ad-3036d5c675ba)

Contents

Title Page (#uf7d6ad2f-0be4-5372-aa8c-07bf8e68c96c)

Cast of Characters (#u522d6191-a210-50ae-9230-a9815140a275)

Author’s Note (#ub9720c99-3353-5db8-9c21-46ce35c471b2)

1. Winter Solstice (#u645c194a-bad0-5dc8-8997-64b7c16e52b1)

2. Camilla (#ubb7f04db-9bf5-5213-b46d-b741a458a56e)

3. Preparation (#u076ff852-e08e-52f0-9d5f-15410d99c94d)

4. The Swords Are Out (#ub081575e-4eba-51f8-a9c2-c34e6785a279)

5. Aftermath (#uce9c2a85-398d-59ab-9e4e-096842dd7215)

6. Copse Forge (#u1e00cd9d-9f16-5436-8b6c-aeb53c943c9b)

7. The Green Man (#u25a95174-2dad-50d5-9b38-e02afddd22c4)

8. Question of Fact (#ucfe07951-59c5-51c6-a18c-dea84c05983a)

9. Question of Fancy (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Dialogue for a Dancer (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Question of Temperament (#litres_trial_promo)

12. The Swords Again (#litres_trial_promo)

13. The Swords Go In (#litres_trial_promo)

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