Roderick Alleyn

Singing in the Shrouds
Hyacinths… mad singing… Scattered pearls… and a strangled beauty every ten days… Inspector Alle...
False Scent
The guests ranged themselves at both sides of the door, like the chorus in a grand opera, A fig...
Hand in Glove
Suspicion runs rampant among the gentry of an English village, as Inspector Alleyn tries to fin...
Dead Water
“The body” was discovered by Inspector Roderick Alleyn himself, old friend of the deceased, eig...
Clutch of Constables
While Agatha Troy Alleyn is on a river cruise and enjoys true Constable landscapes, her husband...
When in Rome
It was April in Rome, and gathered together in the church of San Tommaso in Pallario was the ki...
Tied Up in Tinsel
Christmas time in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there'...
Black As He Is Painted
Tension mounts as Inspector Alleyn works against time to collar a vicious killer and avert a po...
Last Ditch
As particular about her horses as she was casual about her lovers, young Dulcie Harkness courte...
Grave Mistake
A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estat...
Photo Finish
The Sommita lay spread-eagled on her back across a red counterpane. The bosom of her red biblic...
Light Thickens
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth,...
Killer Dolphin
A glove made for Shakespeare's son Hamnet by his grandfather - is it genuine? Is it worth killi...
Death In Ecstasy
The woman stretched both her hands out and the priest gave her the cup. “The wine of ecstas...
Spinsters in Jeopardy
Peering into the early morning dark as his train neared its destination, Alleyn glimpsed a horr...
Death of a Peer
Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the Eng...