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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 by Collins Crime Club. The novel takes place in the Northland region of New Zealand during World War II; the plot involves suspected espionage activity at a hot springs resort on the coast of New Zealand's Northland region.

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Author
Ngaio Marsh
Genre
Detective fiction
Publication date
1943
Publisher
Collins Crime Club
Followed by
Died in the Wool
Language
English

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Colour Scheme

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Colour Scheme

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related to background · 31
Colour Scheme → According, Again, Although Marsh, April, Canterbury University, Christchurch, Collins, Death And The Dancing, Death At The Bar, Died In The Wool, During, England, Footman, Joanne Drayton, June, Margaret Lewis, Marsh, New Zealand, New Zealand-set Alleyn, Ngaio Marsh
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Colour Scheme → Alleyn, George Baker, South Pacific Television
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Colour Scheme → detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, hardest to place
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Colour Scheme → Ngaio Marsh
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Colour Scheme → Died in the Wool
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Colour Scheme → Detective fiction
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Colour Scheme → English
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Colour Scheme → Print
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Colour Scheme → Death and the Dancing Footman
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Colour Scheme → 1943

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Colour SchemeAuthorNgaio Marsh1.00infobox
Colour SchemeFollowed byDied in the Wool1.00infobox
Colour SchemeGenreDetective fiction1.00infobox
Colour SchemeLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Colour SchemeMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Colour SchemePreceded byDeath and the Dancing Footman1.00infobox
Colour SchemePublication date19431.00infobox
Colour SchemePublisherCollins Crime Club1.00infobox
Colour SchemeSeriesRoderick Alleyn1.00infobox
Colour Schemeis adetective novel by Ngaio Marsh0.90text
Colour Schemeis ahardest to place0.90text
Colour Schemerelated to backgroundAccording0.60section

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