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1960•255 pages•Published•ITA•User Reviews

False Scent

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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...

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Fiction in EnglishFictionPoliceRoderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)Detective and mystery storiesAlleyn, roderick (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralEngland, fiction

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First Published

1960

Pages

255 pages

Rating

5.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

29

Publisher

Collins

Language

ITA, FRE, ENG

Status

Published

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