Roderick Alleyn

A Man Lay Dead
Some distinguished guests at Sir Hubert Handesley’s country estate decide to play exotic games....
Enter A Murderer
The second book from Chief-Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn series.
The Nursing Home Murder
Inspector Alleyn had so many suspects for the murder of the Home Secretary, that, for once, he...
Vintage Murder
On vacation in New Zealand, Inspector Alleyn meets a theater troupe engaged in a real-life dram...
Artists in Crime
A model murder… where a famous painter Agatha Troy, R.A., makes her appearance.
Death in a White Tie
A murder in aristocratic circles. The seventh mystery in Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn serie...
Overture to Death
Everyone in town disliked the rich, nasty spinster who delighted in stirring up jealousies and...
Death At The Bar
Among the guests at the Plume of Feathers on the memorable evening of the murder were a West En...
Death And The Dancing Footman
A footman should not be dancing when on duty. But suppose he does — what will be the consequenc...
Color Scheme
New Zealand, Maoris, murder… Who is better qualified to write about them than Ngaio Marsh?
Died in the Wool
“Murder. What a beastly soft sound the word makes!” With a corpse in a pack of raw wool…
Final Curtain
Sir Henry Ancred, the celebrated Shakespearian actor, wishes to have his portrait painted in th...
A Wreath for Rivera
When Lord Pasern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Breezy Bellair and his Boys, his disappr...
Night at the Vulcan
“Gas!” Parry Percival said under his breath. Martyn, who thought the Doctor was doing well, gla...
Scales of Justice
A cry of mourning, intolerably loud, rose from beyond the willows and hung on the night air. A...
Death of a Fool
When the Sword Dancer's mock beheading becomes horribly real, it is Superintendent Roderick All...