A Man Lay Dead
Book 1 of Roderick Alleyn
Alleyn; Roderick (Fictitious c Alleyn; Roderick (Fictitious character) Detective Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural Mystery & Detective - Series Police Police Procedural Suspense
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: Jul 15, 1997
Description:
SUMMARY: It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Murdered.At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder." Yet no one is laughing when the lights come up on an actual corpse, the good-looking and mysterious Charles Rankin. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to find a complete collection of alibis, a missing butler, and an intricate puzzle of betrayal and sedition in the search for the key player in this deadly game.