Off With His Head / Singing in the Shrouds / False Scent

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime¿s first book, the seventh volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.OFF WITH HIS HEADWhen the pesky Anna B¿nz arrives at Mardian to investigate local folk-dancing, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs B¿nz is not the only source of friction. When the sword dancers'' traditional mock beheading of the Winter Solstice becomes horribly real, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn finds himself faced with a complex case of gruesome proportions¿SINGING IN THE SHROUDSOn a cold February London night, the police find a corpse on the quayside, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer, who walked away singing, is known to be one of nine passengers on the cargo ship, Cape Farewell. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship on the most difficult assignment of his career¿FALSE SCENT Mary Bellamy, darling of the London stage, holds a 50th birthday party, a gala for everyone