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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the seventh volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteriesOFF WITH HIS HEADWhen the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate local folk-dancing, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction. When the sword dancers' traditional mock beheading of the Winter Solstice becomes horribly real, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn finds himself faced with a complex case of gruesome proportions…SINGING IN THE SHROUDSOn a cold February London night, the police find a corpse on the quayside, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer, who walked away singing, is known to be one of nine passengers on the cargo ship, Cape Farewell. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship on the most difficult assignment of his career…FALSE SCENT Mary Bellamy, darling of the London stage, holds a 50th birthday party, a gala for everyone who loves her and fears her power. Then someone uses a deadly insect spray on Mary instead of the azaleas. The suspects, all very theatrically, are playing the part of mourners. Superintendent Alleyn has to find out which one played the murderer…

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Ngaio Marsh

INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION:

Off With His Head, Singing in the Shrouds, False Scent

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Copyright Copyright Off With His Head Singing in the Shrouds False Scent BONUS STORY: My Poor Boy Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

This novel is 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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Off With His Head first published in Great Britain by Collins 1957 Singing in the Shrouds first published in Great Britain by Collins 1958 False Scent first published in Great Britain by Collins 1960 My Poor Boy first published in Great Britain in Death on the Air and Other Stories by HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Ngaio Marsh asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works

Copyright © Ngaio Marsh Ltd 1956, 1958,1960

My Poor Boy copyright © Ngaio Marsh (Jersey) Ltd 1989

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Contents

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Title Page Ngaio Marsh INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION: Off With His Head, Singing in the Shrouds, False Scent

Copyright

Off With His Head Off With His Head

Singing in the Shrouds

False Scent

BONUS STORY: My Poor Boy

Keep Reading

About the Author

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

Off With His Head Off With His Head Off With His Head Singing in the Shrouds False Scent BONUS STORY: My Poor Boy Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

Contents

Title Page Off With His Head Off With His Head Off With His Head Singing in the Shrouds False Scent BONUS STORY: My Poor Boy Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

Cast of Characters

Author’s Note Author’s Note To anybody with the smallest knowledge of folklore it will be obvious that the Dance of the Five Sons is a purely imaginary synthesis combining in most unlikely profusion the elements of several dances and mumming plays. For information on these elements I am indebted, among many other sources, to England’s Dances by Douglas Kennedy and Introduction to English Folklore by Violet Alford. N.M.

1. Winter Solstice

2. Camilla

3. Preparation

4. The Swords Are Out

5. Aftermath

6. Copse Forge

7. The Green Man

8. Question of Fact

9. Question of Fancy

10. Dialogue for a Dancer

11. Question of Temperament

12. The Swords Again

13. The Swords Go In

Author’s Note Author’s Note Author’s Note To anybody with the smallest knowledge of folklore it will be obvious that the Dance of the Five Sons is a purely imaginary synthesis combining in most unlikely profusion the elements of several dances and mumming plays. For information on these elements I am indebted, among many other sources, to England’s Dances by Douglas Kennedy and Introduction to English Folklore by Violet Alford. N.M. 1. Winter Solstice 2. Camilla 3. Preparation 4. The Swords Are Out 5. Aftermath 6. Copse Forge 7. The Green Man 8. Question of Fact 9. Question of Fancy 10. Dialogue for a Dancer 11. Question of Temperament 12. The Swords Again 13. The Swords Go In

To anybody with the smallest knowledge of folklore it will be obvious that the Dance of the Five Sons is a purely imaginary synthesis combining in most unlikely profusion the elements of several dances and mumming plays. For information on these elements I am indebted, among many other sources, to England’s Dances by Douglas Kennedy and Introduction to English Folklore by Violet Alford.

N.M.

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