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A Man Lay Dead

AuthorNgaio Marsh

NarratorPhilip Franks

Duration5h 18m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

PublisherHachette Audio

VersionUnabridged

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To amuse his house guests, Sir Hubert Handelsley devises a new form of murder game. But when the lights go up there is a real corpse, with a real dagger in its back. Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn has to try and find the murderer.

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