A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.It begins as an entertainment: eight people, many of them adversaries, gathered for a winter weekend by a host with a love for theatre. It ends in snowbound disaster. Everyone has an alibi – and a motive as well. But Roderick Alleyn soon realizes that it all hangs on Thomas, the dancing footman…
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Ngaio Marsh. Death and the Dancing Footman
DEATH AND THE DANCING FOOTMAN
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CONTENTS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
CHAPTER 1. Project. I
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CHAPTER 2. Assembly. I
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CHAPTER 3. Contact. I
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CHAPTER 4. Threat. I
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CHAPTER 5. Attempt. I
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CHAPTER 6. Flight. I
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CHAPTER 7. Booby Trap. I
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CHAPTER 8. Third Time Lucky. I
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CHAPTER 9. Alibi. I
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CHAPTER 10. Journey. I
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CHAPTER 11. Alleyn. I
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CHAPTER 12. Recapitulation. I
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CHAPTER 13. Examination. I
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CHAPTER 14. Interrogation. I
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CHAPTER 15. Document. I
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CHAPTER 16. Arrest. I
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CHAPTER 17. Departure. I
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