Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 8: Death at the Dolphin, Hand in Glove, Dead Water

Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 8: Death at the Dolphin, Hand in Glove, Dead Water
Ngaio Marsh

The eighth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.HAND IN GLOVEThe April Fool's Day was a roaring success for all, it seemed - except for poor Mr Cartell who ended up in the ditch - for ever. Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period's letter of condolence, sent before the body was found - not to mention the family squabbles. It's all a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn…DEAD WATERTimes are good in the Cornish village of Portcarrow, as hundreds flock to taste the healing waters of Pixie Falls. When Miss Emily Pride inherits this celebrated land, she wants to put an end to the villagers' exploitation of miracle cures, especially Miss Elspeth Costs's gift shop. But someone puts an end to Miss Cost, and Roderick Alleyn finds himself literally on the spot…DEATH AT THE DOLPHINThe bombed-out Dolphin Theatre is given to Peregrine Jay by a mysterious oil millionaire, who also gives him a glove that belonged to Shakespeare to display in the dockside theatre. But then a murder takes place, a boy is attacked, and the glove is stolen. Inspector Roderick Alleyn doesn't think oil and water are a good mix…

NGAIO MARSH

INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION 8:

Death at the Dolphin, Hand in Glove, Dead Water

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Hand in Glove first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1962 Dead Water first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1973 Death at the Dolphin first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1967 The Cupid Mirror first published in Death on the Air and Other Stories in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995

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CONTENTS

Cover (#u8d162f7a-17a8-5d34-9f98-bbfe733e851d)

Title Page (#u784ad083-6e5f-5bfb-ade9-5faffac2c27e)

Copyright

Hand in Glove

Dead Water

Death at the Dolphin

BONUS STORY: The Cupid Mirror

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About the Author

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

Hand in Glove (#u74639869-5c1a-5a98-ae9c-60ea9bb762b0)

DEDICATION (#u8aaa8190-8710-5c81-9876-cf738804c466)

for Jonathan Elsom

CONTENTS

Title Page (#uc5f017fb-9726-542e-97fb-763c7870e9be)

Dedication

Cast of Characters

1. Mr Pyke Period

2. Luncheon

3. Aftermath to a Party

4. Alleyn

5. Postscript to a Party

6. Interlude

7. Pixie

8. Period Piece

CAST OF CHARACTERS (#u8aaa8190-8710-5c81-9876-cf738804c466)

CHAPTER 1 (#u8aaa8190-8710-5c81-9876-cf738804c466)

Mr Pyke Period (#u8aaa8190-8710-5c81-9876-cf738804c466)

While he waited for the water to boil, Alfred Belt stared absently at the kitchen calendar: ‘With the compliments of The Little Codling Garage. Service with a smile. Geo. Copper’. Below this legend was a coloured photograph of a kitten in a boot and below that the month of March. Alfred removed them and exposed a coloured photograph of a little girl smirking through apple blossom.