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Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 3: Death in a White Tie, Overture to Death, Death at the Bar
NGAIO MARSH
Ngaio Marsh Volume 3
COPYRIGHT
These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Death in a White Tie first published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1938 Overture to Death first published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1939 Death at the Bar first published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1940 The Figure Quoted first published in Great Britain by Dent 1930
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Source ISBN: 9780007328710
Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2013 ISBN: 9780007531370
Version: 2018-02-16
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Death in a White Tie
Overture to Death
Death at the Bar
BONUS STORY: The Figure Quoted
Keep Reading
About the Author
Also by the Author
About the Publisher
CONTENTS
Title Page
The Characters in the Tale
1 The Protagonists
2 Bunchy
3 Sequence to a Cocktail-party
4 Blackmail to Music
5 Unqualified Success
6 Bunchy Goes Back to the Yard
7 Stop Press News
8 Troy and Alleyn
9 Report from Mr Fox
10 Donald
11 Captain Withers at Home
12 Report from a Waiter
13 Dimitri Cuts His Fingers
14 Davidson Digresses
15 Simple Soldier-man
16 Lady Carrados Looks Back
17 The Element of Youth
18 Predicament of a Secretary
19 The General
20 Rose Birnbaum
21 Statement by Lucy Lorrimer
22 Night Club
23 Donald on Wits
24 The Dance Is Wound Up
25 Benefit of Clergy
26 Alleyn Plots a Dénouement
27 Interlude for Love
28 Alleyn Marshals the Protagonists
29 Climax
30 Confessions from Troy
Epilogue
THE CHARACTERS IN THE TALE
Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, CID Lady Alleyn His mother Sarah Alleyn His débutante niece Miss Violet Harris Secretary to Lady Carrados Lady Evelyn Carrados A London hostess Bridget O’Brien Her daughter Sir Herbert Carrados Her husband Lord Robert Gospell (‘Bunchy’) A relic of Victorian days Sir Daniel Davidson A fashionable London physician Agatha Troy, RA A painter Lady Mildred Potter Lord Robert’s widowed sister Donald Potter Her son – a medical student Mrs Halcut-Hackett A social climber General Halcut-Hackett Her husband Miss Rose Birnbaum Her protégée Captain Maurice Withers (‘Wits’) A man about town Colombo Dimitri A fashionable caterer Lucy, Dowager Marchioness of Lorrimer An eccentric old lady A Taxi-driver Miss Smith A friend of Miss Harris Detective-Inspector Fox, CID Percy Percival A young man about town Mr Trelawney-Caper His friend James d’Arcy Carewe A detective-constable François Dupont Dimitri’s servant Mr Cuthbert Manager of the Matador Vassily Alleyn’s servant The Reverend Walter Harris A retired clergyman Mrs Walter Harris His wife The Assistant Commissioner
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