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Black As He's Painted

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The charismatic president of Ng'ombwana in Africa has enemies of every stripe--from ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at the president's lavish embassy party in London, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose the assassin.

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Black As He's Painted, Ngaio Marsh

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1999
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Language
English
Publisher
Macmillan
Released
1999
Format
Paperback
Pages
256
ISBN10
0312972792
ISBN13
9780312972790
First published
1974
Original title
Black as He´s Painted
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The charismatic president of Ng'ombwana in Africa has enemies of every stripe--from ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at the president's lavish embassy party in London, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose the assassin.