An edition of Singing in the Shrouds (1958)

Singing in the shrouds

by Ngaio Marsh

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An edition of Singing in the Shrouds (1958)

Singing in the shrouds

by Ngaio Marsh

★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
18 Want to read
2 Currently reading
8 Have read

With this novel of mounting tension among apparently normal people, Ngaio Marsh achieved a triumph on a level with her most famous detective novels Surfeit of Lampreys, Scales of Justice and Off With His Head. On a cold February night the police find the third corpse on the quayside in the Pool of London, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer walked away, singing. When the cargo ship, Cape Farewell, sets sail, she carries nine passengers, one of whom is known to be the murderer. Which is why Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship at Portsmouth on the most difficult assignment of his professional career...

Publish Date

1993

Publisher

Curley Large Print, Chivers Press

Language

English

Pages

364

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1 Singing in the shrouds 1993, Curley Large Print, Chivers Press in English 0792717805 9780792717805	aaaa Borrow Listen Locate
2 Singing In The Shrouds August 1, 1984, Jove Paperback in English 0515077356 9780515077353	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
3 Singing in the shrouds 1978, Jove/HBJ Books in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
4 Singing in the shrouds 1978, Jove Publications in English 0515061859 9780515061857	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
5 Singing in the shrouds 1974, Fontana in English 0006133908 9780006133902	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
6 Singing in the Shrouds 1962, Fontana in English 0006159583 9780006159582	cccc Borrow Listen Locate