Black As He’s Painted. Ngaio Marsh

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Название Black As He’s Painted
Автор произведения Ngaio Marsh
Жанр Зарубежные детективы
Серия
Издательство Зарубежные детективы
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780007344840



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      NGAIO MARSH

       Black As He’s Painted

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       Dedication

       For Roses and Mike with love

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       3 Catastrophe

       4 Aftermath

       5 Small Hours

       6 Afternoon in the Capricorns

       7 Mr Sheridan’s Past

       8 Keeping Obbo

       9 Climax

       10 Epilogue

       Coda

       Keep Reading

       Acknowledgement

       Also by the Author

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Cast of Characters

Mr Samuel Whipplestone Foreign Office (retired)
Lucy Lockett A cat
The Ambassador in London for Ng’ombwana
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A Young Gentleman Of Messrs Able & Virtue
A Youth Land & Estate Agents
Chubb House Servant
Mrs Chubb His wife
A Veterinary Surgeon
Mr Sheridan No.1a Capricorn Walk (basement flat)
His Excellency The Boomer, President of Ng’ombwana
Bartholomew Opala, CBE
An ADC
Mr and Mrs Pirelli Of the Napoli, shop-keepers
Colonel Cockburn-Montfort Late of the Ng’ombwanan Army (retired)
Mrs Cockburn-Montfort His wife
Kenneth Sanskrit Late of Ng’ombwana. Merchant
Xenoclea Sanskrit His sister. Of the Piggie Pottery, Capricorn Mews, SW3
A mlinzi Spear Carrier to The Boomer
Sir George Alleyn, KCMG, etc. etc.
Superintendent Roderick Alleyn CID
Troy Alleyn Painter. His wife
Inspector Fox CID
Superintendent Gibson Special Branch, CID
Jacks A talented sergeant
Detective-Sergeant Bailey A finger-print expert
Detective-Sergeant Thompson A photographer
Sundry police, Ng’ombwanan servants and frequenters of the Capricorns, SW3

       Map

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