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Black As He's Painted (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • A little different Roderick Alleyn.
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  • Black as He's Painted
 Black As He's Painted (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0312972792

Book Description

Portrait of a murder...

Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's old school chum-- whom his wife Troy longs to paint-- is now President of Ng'ombwana, a brand-new African republic. This handsome, charismatic dictator has enemies of every stripe: from ruddy-faced ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at his lavish embassy party in London, Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose an assassin's true colors...

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Mystery.......2007-05-12

Ngaio Marsh has been one of my favorite authors ever since I first read "Artists in Crime" thirty-five years ago. This is one of the best of them.

4 out of 5 stars A little different Roderick Alleyn........2005-02-08

This book is a little different for a Roderick Alleyn book. For one thing, it's more a diplomatic mystery than a murder mystery, but there are murders in the book, but these come as almost secondary to the main plot which is the protection of a Black President from the country of Ng'ombwanan. Alleyn is conscripted by Special Branch to help with the security measures to protect a political target that doesn't think he's a target because Alleyn actually went to school with this man. The book has it's usual eccentric characters, and the plot is fast-moving and exciting. Ms. Marsh wrote this book quite later on in her life, and it appears that she still had what it took to be a first-class mystery writer.

5 out of 5 stars Exceptionally Rich.......2001-12-06

An unusually intriguing story concerning an African politician threatened with assasination and remarkably created characters mix to create my personal favorite of all Marsh novels, one which even surpasses the authors own exceptionally high standards. Every character is a jewel of the writer's art, and the complex story allows for a richer mystery than sometimes found in Marsh's work. Completely satisfying in every possible way.

4 out of 5 stars Pretty Good.......2000-07-14

First published in 1974, Black As He's Painted with Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is back in print.

The mystery starts out with a bored Mr. Samuel Whipplestone, who is retired from Her Majesty's Foreign Service, venturing out on a stroll. The walk leads him to Capricorn Place, a couple of memorable experiences and a change in his newly retired life. Later in the mystery, he meets up with Superintendent Alleyn at a reception where an assassination has occurred. The superintendent has his hands full trying to keep his old school buddy, now president of Ng'ombwana in Africa, safe from his many enemies. Knowing Mr. Whipplestone's past job description, the Superintendent requests his aid - Mr. Whipplestone obliges.

I enjoyed reading Ngaio Marsh's mystery. It has the flavor of an old fashion British mystery, with an added flare of espionage. The author's ability to plant suspicion and lead her readers into the twists and turns are well done. Although I know Black As He's Painted is a Superintendent Alleyn mystery, I feel Mr. Whipplestone and the adorable recently procured addition to his household steals the show and adds charm to the mystery. If you haven't read a Ngaio Marsh Mystery here's your chance to experience a writer said to be in the same league as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

4 out of 5 stars Black as He's Painted.......2000-07-07

Ngaio Marsh is one of my favourite mystery writers and this book lives up to her usual standard. Roderick Alleyn must investigate an assassination attempt on an old school friend that resulted in the death of a bystander. His job is made more difficult because of cultural differences and racism. In addition to creating believable characters, Marsh writes an interesting story with an unexpected ending.
Black As He's Painted
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    		Black As He's Painted
    Ngaio Marsh
    Manufacturer: Pyramid
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Mass Market Paperback
    ASIN: B000GRB2IQ
    7 Titles By Ngaio Marsh Rodderick Alleyn Series : Enter a Murderer The Nursing Home Murder Died in the Wool A Wreath for Rivera Spinsters in Jeopardy Scales of Justice Black As He's Painted
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      		7 Titles By Ngaio Marsh Rodderick Alleyn Series : Enter a Murderer The Nursing Home Murder Died in the Wool A Wreath for Rivera Spinsters in Jeopardy Scales of Justice Black As He's Painted
      Ngaio Marsh
      Manufacturer: various
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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      ASIN: B000PCBQIS

      Product Description

      seven mmpb books. 7 Titles By Ngaio Marsh Rodderick Alleyn Series : Enter a Murderer The Nursing Home Murder Died in the Wool A Wreath for Rivera Spinsters in Jeopardy Scales of Justice Black As He's Painted
      9 Titles in Roderick Alleyn Murder Series - Photo Finish - Died in the Wool - Light Thickens - Nigth At the Vulcan - Nursing Home Murder - A Man Lay Dead - Black As He's Painted - Died in the Wool - Vintage Murder
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        		9 Titles in Roderick Alleyn Murder Series - Photo Finish - Died in the Wool - Light Thickens - Nigth At the Vulcan - Nursing Home Murder - A Man Lay Dead - Black As He's Painted - Died in the Wool - Vintage Murder
        Ngaio Marsh
        Manufacturer: various
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Mass Market Paperback
        ASIN: B000RMTY9O

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        Gideon's Press / Black as he Painted
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          		Gideon's Press / Black as he Painted
          J. J. / Marsh, Ngaio Marric
          Manufacturer: Walter J. Black
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover
          ASIN: B000J63VCO
          Black as He's Painted
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            		Black as He's Painted
            Ngaio Marsh
            Manufacturer: New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1974
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Hardcover
            ASIN: B000NXOR9O
            Black As He's Painted
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              		Black As He's Painted
              Ngaio Marsh
              Manufacturer: Fontana
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: B000KK9ETS
              The Venice Train / The Wager / Black as He's Painted
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                		The Venice Train / The Wager / Black as He's Painted
                Georges Simenon , Robert L. Fish , and Ngaio Marsh
                Manufacturer: Detective Book Club
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: B000MT62R4
                Black as He's Painted (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)
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                  		Black as He's Painted (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

                  Manufacturer: Audiofy/Blackstone
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Cards
                  ASIN: 1599124343

                  Product Description

                  This Audiofy audiobook chip packs Nadia May's full 8.5 hour reading of "Black as He's Painted" on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... When the president of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old schoolmate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to try to persuade him otherwise. Alleyn does so. However, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn discovers a wealth of suspects residing in the very shadow of the embassy.
                  Black He's Painted
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                    		Black He's Painted
                    Ngaio Marsh
                    Manufacturer: Fontana
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Mass Market Paperback
                    ASIN: B000RT8V0A

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