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SUMMARY: Portrait of a murder...Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's old school chum-- whom his wife Troy longs to paint-- is now President of Ng'ombwana, a brand-new African republic. This handsome, charismatic dictator has enemies of every stripe: from ruddy-faced ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at his lavish embassy party in London, Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose an assassin's true colors...
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marsh, Ngaio
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780515036138
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (557 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- أسود كما رسم [Arabic] (1974)
- Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn, #28) (2000)
- Black As He's Painted (1981)
- Black as He's Painted (1974)
- Black As He's Painted: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #28 (2015)
- Black As He's Painted (2000)
- Black As He's Painted (1982)
- Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn, #28) (1974)
- Black as He's Painted [Short stories] (1976)
- Black As He's Painted: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #28 (1974)
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