NGAIO MARSH
INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION 10:
Black As He’s Painted, Last Ditch, Grave Mistake
Copyright Copyright Black As He’s Painted Last Ditch Grave Mistake BONUS STORY: Evil Liver Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Keep Reading Also by the Author About the Publisher
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Black As He’s Painted first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1974 Last Ditch first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1977 Grave Mistake first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1978 Evil Liver first published in Great Britain in Death on the Air and Other Stories by HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Source ISBNs: 9780007344833, 9780007344840, 9780007344857
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Contents
Cover
Title Page NGAIO MARSH INSPECTOR ALLEYN 3-BOOK COLLECTION 10: Black As He’s Painted, Last Ditch, Grave Mistake
Copyright
Black As He’s Painted
Last Ditch
Grave Mistake
BONUS STORY: Evil Liver
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Keep Reading
Also by the Author
About the Publisher
Black As He’s Painted
Dedication
For Roses and Mike with love
Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Cast of Characters
Map
1 Mr Whipplestone
2 Lucy Lockett
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
Acknowledgement
Cast of Characters
Mr Samuel Whipplestone |
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Foreign Office (retired) |
Lucy Lockett |
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A cat |
The Ambassador in London for Ng’ombwana |
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A Lady |
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A Young Gentleman |
Of Messrs Able & Virtue |
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A Youth |
Land & Estate Agents |
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Chubb |
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House Servant |
Mrs Chubb |
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His wife |
A Veterinary Surgeon |
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Mr Sheridan |
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No.1a Capricorn Walk (basement flat) |
His Excellency |
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The Boomer, President of Ng’ombwana |
Bartholomew Opala, CBE |
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An ADC |
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Mr and Mrs Pirelli |
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Of the Napoli, shop-keepers |
Colonel Cockburn-Montfort |
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Late of the Ng’ombwanan Army (retired) |
Mrs Cockburn-Montfort |
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His wife |
Kenneth Sanskrit |
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Late of Ng’ombwana. Merchant |
Xenoclea Sanskrit |
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His sister. Of the Piggie Pottery, Capricorn Mews, SW3 |
A mlinzi |
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Spear Carrier to The Boomer |
Sir George Alleyn, KCMG, etc. etc. |
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Superintendent Roderick Alleyn |
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CID |
Troy Alleyn |
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Painter. His wife |
Inspector Fox |
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CID |
Superintendent Gibson |
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Special Branch, CID |
Jacks |
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A talented sergeant |
Detective-Sergeant Bailey |
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A finger-print expert |
Detective-Sergeant Thompson |
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A photographer |
Sundry police, Ng’ombwanan servants and frequenters of the Capricorns, SW3 |
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Map
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