NGAIO MARSH
INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION 10:
Black As He’s Painted, Last Ditch, Grave Mistake
These novels are entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed 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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Black As He’s Painted first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1974 Last Ditch first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1977 Grave Mistake first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1978 Evil Liver first published in Great Britain in Death on the Air and Other Stories by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995
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Evil Liver copyright © Ngaio Marsh (Jersey) Ltd 1989
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Source ISBNs: 9780007344833, 9780007344840, 9780007344857
Ebook Edition © MARCH 2014 ISBN: 9780007531448
Version: 2018-08-23
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For Roses and Mike with love
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Lucy Lockett | A cat | |
The Ambassador in London for Ng’ombwana | ||
A Lady |