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Roderick Alleyn

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Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934. [1]

72 relations: A Man Lay Dead, Artists in Crime, Baronet, Black as He's Painted, Buckinghamshire, Character (arts), Chemist, Clutch of Constables, Colour Scheme, Criminal investigation department, Dead Water (novel), Death and the Dancing Footman, Death at the Bar, Death at the Dolphin, Death in a White Tie, Death in Ecstasy, Detective, Died in the Wool, Diplomatic service, Dr. Watson, Dulwich College, DVD region code, Edward Alleyn, Enter a Murderer, Epilogue, Eton College, False Scent, Film adaptation, Final Curtain (novel), Gentleman detective, Gentry, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker (actor), Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Government House, Suva, Grave Mistake, Hand in Glove (novel), Inspector, Jeremy Clyde, Last Ditch, Light Thickens, Metropolitan Police Service, Michael Allinson, Newnham College, Cambridge, Ngaio Marsh, Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series), Off with His Head, Opening Night (novel), Overture to Death, Oxbridge, ..., Patrick Malahide, Photo Finish (novel), Portrait, Roderick Alleyn, Scales of Justice (novel), Scotland Yard, Simon Williams (actor), Singing in the Shrouds, Spinsters in Jeopardy, Superintendent (police), Surfeit of Lampreys, Suva, Swing Brother Swing, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Nursing Home Murder, Tied Up in Tinsel, Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Oxford, Unseen character, Vintage Murder, When in Rome (novel), World War I. Expand index (22 more) »

A Man Lay Dead

A Man Lay Dead is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1934.

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Artists in Crime

Artists in Crime is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1938.

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Baronet

A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.

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Black as He's Painted

Black As He's Painted (1974) is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, the 28th to feature Roderick Alleyn.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.

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Character (arts)

A character (sometimes known as a fictional character) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, television series, film, or video game).

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Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm (ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchimista) is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry.

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Clutch of Constables

Clutch of Constables is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1968.

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Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943.

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Criminal investigation department

A criminal investigation department (CID) is the branch of all territorial police forces within the British Police, and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plainclothes detectives belong.

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Dead Water (novel)

Dead Water is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-third novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1964.

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Death and the Dancing Footman

Death and the Dancing Footman is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eleventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1942.

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Death at the Bar

Death at the Bar is a 1940 novel by Ngaio Marsh, which was adapted for television in 1993 as part of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.

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Death at the Dolphin

Death at the Dolphin is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fourth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1967.

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Death in a White Tie

Death in a White Tie is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh.

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Death in Ecstasy

Death in Ecstasy is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fourth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1936.

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Detective

A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency.

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Died in the Wool

Died in the Wool is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1945.

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Diplomatic service

Diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries.

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Dr. Watson

John H. Watson, known as Dr.

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Dulwich College

Dulwich College is a boarding and day independent school for boys in Dulwich in southeast London, England.

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DVD region code

DVD (digital versatile disc) region codes are a digital rights management technique designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region.

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Edward Alleyn

Edward "Ned" Alleyn (1 September 1566 – 25 November 1626) was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School.

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Enter a Murderer

Enter a Murderer is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the second novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1935.

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Epilogue

An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος epílogos, "conclusion" from ἐπί epi, "in addition" and λόγος logos, "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work.

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Eton College

Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.

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False Scent

False Scent is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1960.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Final Curtain (novel)

Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh.

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Gentleman detective

The gentleman detective is a type of fictional character.

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Gentry

The gentry (genterie; Old French gentil: "high-born") are the "well-born, genteel, and well-bred people" of the social class below the nobility of a society.

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Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films.

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George Baker (actor)

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Golden Age of Detective Fiction

The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Government House, Suva

Government House is the official residence of the President of Fiji.

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Grave Mistake

Grave Mistake is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirtieth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1978.

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Hand in Glove (novel)

Hand in Glove is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-second novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1962.

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Inspector

Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts.

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Jeremy Clyde

Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born 22 March 1941) is an English actor and musician.

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Last Ditch

Last Ditch is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-ninth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1977.

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Light Thickens

Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Michael Allinson

Michael Allinson (30 December 1920 – 30 December 2010) was a British-American stage and film actor.

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Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Ngaio Marsh

Dame Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director.

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Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series)

Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 1977 television miniseries which adapted four of the author's Inspector Roderick Alleyn detective novels for New Zealand television.

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Off with His Head

Off with His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957.

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Opening Night (novel)

Opening Night is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the sixteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1951.

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Overture to Death

Overture to Death is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eighth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1939.

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Oxbridge

Oxbridge is a portmanteau of "Oxford" and "Cambridge"; the two oldest, most prestigious, and consistently most highly-ranked universities in the United Kingdom.

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Patrick Malahide

Patrick Malahide (born on 24 March 1945) is a British actor, known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm in the TV series Minder and Balon Greyjoy in the TV series Game of Thrones.

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Photo Finish (novel)

Photo Finish (novel) is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-first, and penultimate, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1980.

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Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

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Roderick Alleyn

Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934.

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Scales of Justice (novel)

Scales of Justice is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.

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Simon Williams (actor)

Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) is an English actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

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Singing in the Shrouds

Singing in the Shrouds is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twentieth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1959.

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Spinsters in Jeopardy

Spinsters in Jeopardy is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the seventeenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1954.

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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt), often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations.

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Surfeit of Lampreys

Surfeit of Lampreys is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the tenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1941.

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Suva

Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.

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Swing Brother Swing

Swing Brother Swing is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1949.

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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British detective television series, broadcast on BBC1, which was adapted from nine of the novels by Dame Ngaio Marsh, featuring the character Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

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The Nursing Home Murder

The Nursing Home Murder (1935) is a work of detective fiction by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh.

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Tied Up in Tinsel

Tied Up in Tinsel is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-seventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1972.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Unseen character

An unseen character or (in radio) silent character is a fictional character referred to but not directly observed by the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and whose absence enhances their effect on the plot.

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Vintage Murder

Vintage Murder is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1937.

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When in Rome (novel)

When in Rome is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1970.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Alleyn

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