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Scales of Justice: A Roderick Alleyn Mystery (Inspector Alleyn Mysteries)
Scales of Justice A Roderick Alleyn Mystery - Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Author:Ngaio Marsh A brutal murder with a golf club and an ingenious plot bursting with snobbery, suspicion, adultery, and secrets... The quiet village of Swevenings seemed an English pastoral paradise, until the savagely beaten body of a lord was found near a tranquil stream. Suddenly, the playground of British blue bloods has been soiled by murder and the lowest... more » sort of intrigue. But if anyone can clean it up, it's the famous Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard. Roderick Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies even deeper than the trout stream beneath the rustic bridge. The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in the stream--a fish that may very well be the key to the whole mystery.« less