Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982. Alleyn mysteries

A British tour group in Italy finds murder is an obstacle to their sightseeing: "Fastidious writing [and] a fine appreciation of place." -Sunday Times A group of well-to-do tourists is visiting Italy's magnificent churches, but they've found themselves stumbling into an unholy web of blackmail and drug-smuggling-and, in the depths of a Roman basilica, murder. Fortunately Inspector Roderick Alleyn is among the group as part of an undercover assignment, and prepared to extract a confession . . . "A lively thriller whodunnit." -The Observer "The nonpareil among criminal investigators." -The New York Times

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