
The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Volume 3
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This volume includes three books in the Golden Age detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:
Death in a White Tie :A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season: "Marsh's writing is a pleasure." - The Seattle Times
Overture to Death :In a Dorset village,a snobby local busybody is silenced for good in this tale by "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery" ( Kirkus Reviews).
Death at the Bar : A famous barrister is enjoying a pint at the pub-until a dart becomes a deadly weapon...
"In her ironic and witty hands the mystery novel can be civilized literature." - The New York Times
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Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Death in a White Tie
- CHAPTER ONE The Protagonists
- CHAPTER TWO Bunchy
- CHAPTER THREE Sequence to a Cocktail-party
- CHAPTER FOUR Blackmail to Music
- CHAPTER FIVE Unqualified Success
- CHAPTER SIX Bunchy Goes Back to the Yard
- CHAPTER SEVEN Stop Press News
- CHAPTER EIGHT Troy and Alleyn
- CHAPTER NINE Report from Mr Fox
- CHAPTER TEN Donald
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Captain Withers at Home
- CHAPTER TWELVE Report from a Waiter
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Dimitri Cuts His Fingers
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Davidson Digresses
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Simple Soldier-man
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Lady Carrados Looks Back
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Element of Youth
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Predicament of a Secretary
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The General
- CHAPTER TWENTY Rose Birnbaum
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Statement by Lucy Lorrimer
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Night Club
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Donald on Wits
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Dance is Wound Up
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Benefit of Clergy
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Alleyn Plots a Dénouement
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Interlude for Love
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Alleyn Marshals the Protagonists
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Climax
- CHAPTER THIRTY Confessions from Troy
- EPILOGUE
- Overture to Death
- CHAPTER ONE They Meet at Pen Cuckoo
- CHAPTER TWO Six Parts and Seven Actors
- CHAPTER THREE They Choose a Play
- CHAPTER FOUR Cue for Music
- CHAPTER FIVE Above Cloudyfold
- CHAPTER SIX Rehearsal
- CHAPTER SEVEN Vignettes
- CHAPTER EIGHT Catastrophe
- CHAPTER NINE C.I.D.
- CHAPTER TEN According to Templett
- CHAPTER ELEVEN According to Roper
- CHAPTER TWELVE Further Vignettes
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sunday Morning
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN According to the Jernighams
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Alleyn Goes to Church
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Top Lane Incident
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Confession from a Priest
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Mysterious Lady
- CHAPTER NINETEEN Statement from Templett
- CHAPTER TWENTY According to Miss Wright
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE According to Mr. Saul Tranter
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Letter to Troy
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Frightened Lady
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Peculiarity of Miss P.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Final Vignettes
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Miss Prentice Feels the Draught
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Case Ends
- Death at the Bar
- CHAPTER ONE The Plume of Feathers
- CHAPTER TWO Advance by Watchman
- CHAPTER THREE Further Advance by Watchman
- CHAPTER FOUR The Evening in Question
- CHAPTER FIVE Failure of Mr. Legge
- CHAPTER SIX Inquest
- CHAPTER SEVEN Complaint from a Publican
- CHAPTER EIGHT Alleyn at Illington
- CHAPTER NINE Alleyn at the Feathers
- CHAPTER TEN The Tumbler and the Dart
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Routine
- CHAPTER TWELVE Curious Behaviour of Mr. Legge
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Miss Darragh Stands Firm
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Crime and Mr. Legge
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Love Interest
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Alleyn Exceeds His Duty
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Mr. Fox Takes Sherry
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Mr. Legge Commits a Misdemeanour
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Chief Constable as Watson
- CHAPTER TWENTY Conjecture into Fact
- Copyright
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