Singing In The Shrouds

Singing In The Shrouds
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312968885

First there was high-pitched singing and then a woman's body was found, covered with flowers. Three victims fell before Scotland Yard's Roderick Allyen set out on a luxury cruiser, convinced that the musical murderer was aboard.

Singing in the Shrouds

Singing in the Shrouds
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2002-05-01
Genre: Alleyn, Roderick (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780006512462

The police found the third corpse on a wharf in the Pool of London, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. Within the hour the killer was safe at sea - and among his fellow-passengers were four potential victims.

Ngaio Marsh

Ngaio Marsh
Author: Bruce Harding
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2019-06-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476637199

 Considered one of the "Queens of Crime"--along with such greats as Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham--Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a gifted writer and a celebrated author of classic British detective fiction, as well as a successful theater director. Best known for the 32 detective novels she published between 1934 and 1982, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1966. Based on years of original research by the curator of the Ngaio Marsh House in Christchurch, New Zealand, this book explores the fascinating literary world of Dame Ngaio.

Death in Ecstasy

Death in Ecstasy
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1997-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312963606

The Ritual Wine Taste of Evil When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of the Sacred Flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the other initiates. Discovering how the fatal prussic acid got into the bizarre group's wine is but one of the perplexing riddles that confronts Scotland Yard's Inspector Rocerick Alleyn when he's called to discover who sent this wealthy cult member to her untimely death.

Our Secret Discipline

Our Secret Discipline
Author: Helen Vendler
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2007-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674026957

The fundamental difference between rhetoric and poetry, according to Yeats, is that rhetoric is the expression of ones quarrels with others while poetry is the expression of ones quarrel with oneself. Through exquisite attention to outer and inner forms, Vendler explores the most inventive reaches of the poets mind.

A Man Lay Dead

A Man Lay Dead
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1997-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312963583

It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Murdered. At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder." Yet no one is laughing when the lights come up on an actual corpse, the good-looking and mysterious Charles Rankin. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to find a complete collection of alibis, a missing butler, and an intricate puzzle of betrayal and sedition in the search for the key player in this deadly game.

The Fashion in Shrouds

The Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2023-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504088360

A custom-made killer shocks the fashionable London set in “one of the finest murder books ever written” featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion (The New Yorker). Albert Campion’s sister is a success in her own right. A top fashion designer, she works for a legendary couturier and dresses Georgia Wells, the best-dressed actress in the world. Albert also has a connection to Georgia, but his is based on failure, not success. Georgia’s former fiancé disappeared nearly three years ago, and Campion has never been able to find him. Until now . . . The victim’s remains—discovered by Campion in a deserted country house—point to suicide. But the man’s father assumes it was foul play. In a rarified world of wealth and privilege where silence and secrets can be bought, the investigation won’t be easy, especially when another death takes center stage. This time, the victim is Georgia’s current husband—and starring in the role of prime suspect: Albert’s sister. “Top ranking whodunit in Dorothy Sayers tradition . . . Plus sale for non-mysteryites as first rate novel of fashionable London. Suspense—humor—well planned, well written.” —Kirkus Reviews Praise for Margery Allingham “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker “Allingham was a rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent

10 Women of Mystery

10 Women of Mystery
Author: Earl F. Bargainnier
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1981
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780879721732

This volume, which examines the special contributions of a number of women mystery writers, sheds light on this significant example of common interests in recreational reading among women and men and the reasons behind the early and continuing uncharacteristic near-equality of both sexes in this field of endeavor.

MARC 21 for Everyone

MARC 21 for Everyone
Author: Deborah A. Fritz
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2003-01-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838908426

Provides an introduction to MARC21, including quizzes, tables, and examples, to explain the shared language of tags, subfields, indicators, and codes.