Black as He's Painted

Unabridged
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Narrator: Nadia May
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: November 2001
Length: 7 hours
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Formats:
  • CD

Overview

When the President of Ng’ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to try to persuade him otherwise. Alleyn performs his mission so successfully that on the night of the Ng’ombwanan Embassy’s reception, the house and grounds are stiff with police. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects in a coterie of ex-colonials residing in the very shadow of the Embassy....