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Death on a Guided Tour It was April in Rome, and gathered together in the church of San Tommaso in Pallario was the kind of varied group of people that can only meet on a tour. It included a superannuated jetsetter and her junkie nephew, a bad-tempered, ultra-British major, a boisterous Baron and Baroness, and an extremely reticent best-selling author. They were there under the aegis of one Sebastian Mailer, who had promised them a most unconventional tour—a claim no one later disputed, after encountering murder, blackmail and drug-running. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, in Rome on a special mission, became involved in the case, and found it one of his most baffling—a case in which every suspect might equally well prove a victim… (Publisher’s description)
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When in Rome, Ngaio Marsh
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- Released
- 1970
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- When in Rome
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ngaio Marsh
- Publisher
- Berkeley Medallion
- Released
- 1970
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0006127096
- ISBN13
- 9780006127093
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Novels, Murders, British Literature, Detective Fiction, Italy, Southern Europe, Detective, Rome
- First published
- 1968
- Original title
- When in Rome
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- Death on a Guided Tour It was April in Rome, and gathered together in the church of San Tommaso in Pallario was the kind of varied group of people that can only meet on a tour. It included a superannuated jetsetter and her junkie nephew, a bad-tempered, ultra-British major, a boisterous Baron and Baroness, and an extremely reticent best-selling author. They were there under the aegis of one Sebastian Mailer, who had promised them a most unconventional tour—a claim no one later disputed, after encountering murder, blackmail and drug-running. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, in Rome on a special mission, became involved in the case, and found it one of his most baffling—a case in which every suspect might equally well prove a victim… (Publisher’s description)