False Scent
Book 21 of Roderick Alleyn
Actors and actresses - England Alleyn; Roderick (Fictitious character) Detective England Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Murder Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural Mystery & Detective - Series Mystery Fiction Police Police Procedural Suspense
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: Apr 15, 1999
Description:
SUMMARY: In a poisonous cloud of spray, the curtain falls on a drama queen.Little did beloved British actress Mary Bellamy know that she would be done in at her own birthday party-choked by toxic mist from the bottle of "Slaypest," a deadly insecticide. Basking in the glow of her most adoring fans-who all happened to be her most duplicitous enemies-Mary would make her final performance. When Superintendent Roderick Alleyn arrives, he smells a rat amongst the contemptuous collection of theatre types detained at the party, for this case has the unmistakable scent of murder...