TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marsh, Ngaio,
TI  - A man lay dead : Enter a murderer ; The nursing home murder ; and, Moonshine 
T2  - Roderick Alleyn
SN  - 9780007328697 (pbk.)
U1  - F 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Harper
KW  - Alleyn, Roderick (Fictitious character)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, New Zealand
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - New Zealand fiction
KW  - 20th century
N1  - "The inspector Alleyn mysteries"--Cover
N2  - Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

A MAN LAY DEAD
Sir Hubert Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties are deservedly famous for his exciting Murder Game. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse with a real dagger in the back. All seven suspects have skilful alibis - so Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to figure out the whodunit... 

ENTER A MURDERER
The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre, when prop gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using bribery instead of talent; and the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn's most baffling cases... 

THE NURSING HOME MURDER
A Harley Street surgeon and his attractive nurse are almost too nervous to operate. Their patient is the Home Secretary - and they both have very good personal reasons to want him dead. The operation is a complete success - but he dies within hours, and Inspector Alleyn must find out why
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