Книга - Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 9: Clutch of Constables, When in Rome, Tied Up in Tinsel

Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 9: Clutch of Constables, When in Rome, Tied Up in Tinsel
Ngaio Marsh


The ninth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.CLUTCH OF CONSTABLESAccording to Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, 'the Jampot' is an international crook who regards murder as 'tiresome and regrettable necessities'. But Alleyn's wife Troy has shared close quarters with the Jampot on a pleasure cruise along the peaceful rivers of 'Constable country' and knows something is badly wrong even before the two murders on board…WHEN IN ROMEWhen their guide disappears mysteriously in the depths of a Roman Basilica, the members of Sebastian Mailer's tour group seem strangely unperturbed. But when a body is discovered in an Etruscan sarcophagus, Superintendent Alleyn, in Rome on the trail of an international drug racket, is very much concerned…TIED UP IN TINSELWhen a much disliked visiting servant disappears without trace after playing Santa Claus, foul play is at once suspected - only suspicion falls not on the staff but on the unimpeachably respectable guests. When Superintendent Roderick Alleyn returns unexpectedly from a trip overseas, it is to find his beloved wife in the thick of an intriguing mystery…









Ngaio Marsh

INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION 9:

Clutch of Constables, When in Rome, Tied Up in Tinsel










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Clutch of Constables first published in Great Britain by Collins 1968 When in Rome first published in Great Britain by Collins 1970 Tied Up in Tinsel first published in Great Britain by Collins 1971 Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery first published in Great Britain in Death on the Air and Other Stories by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995

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Title Page (#u395f0197-0c5e-5e32-9dd2-99b9c3af05bb)

Copyright (#u53df283e-df3a-589c-9cf9-1ab9e67ea522)

Clutch of Constables (#ua47c4a98-5891-5b0d-8aa0-8e815b3a00e8)

When in Rome (#u0fe5e4fc-20f2-51e6-bef8-0664487dc174)

Tied Up in Tinsel (#u597ece2d-dc0f-5bc0-9760-e5a9613695b2)

BONUS STORY: Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery (#u2b8d56e7-684d-5e6c-a901-0a6bbfebc137)

About the Author (#u1ca8c7e1-d400-5025-a0a6-7558f8daf81e)

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About the Publisher (#u649fb07c-5a93-5531-b146-0622ead5082e)



Clutch of Constables (#ulink_5aecf28a-f667-581a-adcf-4e0de738c1c2)




Dedication (#ulink_4a4bbec2-3201-5de8-acff-b3b9f7f17b80)


For Audrey and Guy with love




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3 Tollardwark (#ucade4445-348d-5f27-81fa-bdf05cbd13eb)

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