death of a fool

Description:

Someone's added a new flourish to South Mardian's annual sword dance. One of the dancers in the performance has been neatly decapitated. But was it murder...or magic? In a village so totally populated with eccentrics anything's believable, and everyone's a suspect. Scotland Yard's Inspector Alleyn has to perform some nimble steps of his own to crack this bizarre case. Also published as Off With His Head.

subjects: Police,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Fiction,  Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character),  Fiction in English,  Murder,  Investigation,  Alleyn, roderick (fictitious character), fiction,  England, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Crime, fiction

Places: Great Britain,  England