Marsh: 28 - Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn) (1974)

Name: Marsh: 28 - Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn) (1974)
Rating: 7.3 (47 reviews)
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detective fiction by Ngaio Marsh

Blurb

Black As He's Painted is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, the 28th to feature Roderick Alleyn. The plot concerns the newly independent fictional African nation of Ng'ombwana, whose president and Alleyn went to school together, and a series of murders connected to its embassy in London.