TY - BOOK AU - Marsh, Ngaio, TI - Tied up in tinsel T2 - [Inspector Roderick Alleyn] SN - 0008511012 U1 - 823.914 23 KW - Alleyn, Roderick KW - Missing persons KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Christmas stories, English KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "First published in Great Britain by Collins Crime Club 1972" - title page verso N2 - "Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night. Did the hired help-- each a paroled murderer from the nearby prison-- have a deadly hand in this Christmas conundrum? Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to join his wife in finding the lost man-- and unraveling the glaring truth from the glittering tinsel." - Goodreads ER -