Black As He's Painted

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 description, 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 the assassin's true colors.

Portrait of a murder...