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Book Review of A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 1)

A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, Bk 1)
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At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder". Yet no one is laughing when the lights come upon an actual corpse, the good-looking and mysterious Charles Rankin. Scotland Yard'ss inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives tofind a complete collection of alibis, a missing butler, and an intricate puzzle of betrayal and sedition in the search for the key player in this deadly game.