Photo-finish

About this book

A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her nerves are at the breaking point. Now her millionaire boyfriend has whisked her to a New Zealand island to recover. There she plans a performance of an aria written just for her—by her secret young lover, who, along with a bevy of envious celebriteis, is also on the island. It's the perfect set-up for grand opera—wild passions...and bloody murder. And when the great singer is found dead, a photo on her bosom, Sperintendent Roderick Alleyn must find out who did the diva in...

1. Black As He's Painted 1974
2. Last Ditch 1977
3. Photo Finish 1980 This book
4. Light Thickens 1982

Subjects

• alleyn, roderick (fictitious character), fiction
• england, fiction
• english literature
• fiction
• fiction, mystery & detective, general
• fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
• new zealand fiction
• police
• roderick alleyn (fictitious character)