Ngaio Marsh

Death at the Bar


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      NGAIO MARSH

      Death at the Bar

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       COPYRIGHT

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persosn, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2009

      Death at the Bar first published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1940

      Ngaio Marsh asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of these works

      Copyright © Ngaio Marsh Ltd 1940

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      Source ISBN: 9780006512356

      Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 9780007344475

      Version: 2016-09-08

       DEDICATION

       For My Friends in the Dunedin Repertory Society

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       5 Failure by Mr Legge

       6 Inquest

       7 Complaint from a Publican

       8 Alleyn at Illington

       9 Alleyn at The Feathers

       10 The Tumbler and the Dart

       11 Routine

       12 Curious Behaviour of Mr Legge

       13 Miss Darragh Stands Firm

       14 Crime and Mr Legge

       15 Love Interest

       16 Alleyn Exceeds his Duty

       17 Mr Fox Takes Sherry

       18 Mr Legge Commits a Misdemeanour

       19 The Chief Constable as Watson

       20 Conjecture into Fact

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       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher

       CAST OF CHARACTERS



Luke Watchman, KC
Sebastian Parish His cousin
Norman Cubitt, RA
Abel Pomeroy Proprietor, Plume of Feathers, Devon
Will Pomeroy His son
Mrs Ives Housekeeper at the Plume of Feathers
The Hon Violet Darragh Of County Clare, Ireland
Robert Legge Secretary and Treasurer to the CoombeLeft Movement
George Nark Farmer, of Ottercombe
Decima Moore Of Cary Edge Farm and of Oxford
Dr Shaw Police Surgeon, Illington
Nicholas Harper Superintendent of Police, Illington