num_pages: 256
description: Portrait of a murder...Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's old school chum-- whom his wife Troy longs to paint-- is now President of Ng'ombwana, a brand-new African republic. This handsome, charismatic dictator has enemies of every from ruddy-faced ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at his lavish embassy party in London, Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose an assassin's true colors...
language: English
title: Black As He's Painted
titlecomplete: Black As He's Painted
characters: Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Murder Mystery, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Police, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2037
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: Minotaur Books