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Singing in the Shrouds (Roderick Alleyn, #20)

Ngaio Marsh

Start date: August 1, 2019

Finish date: August 31, 2019

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Why we're reading this: We are now up to the 20th Inspector Alleyn book in our continuing challenge!
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May 24, 2022 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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An easy read. Alleyn is on the Cape Farewell ship sailing to Capetown. One of the passengers is a murderer. Three women have been strangled in London the last one had clenched in her hand a torn piece of the embankment notice given to passengers. The ship is a freighter which also takes several passengers.

Alleyn goes aboard as a passenger and is up against a Captain who refuses to believe a murderer is on board. The murderer is a man. Alleyn manages to get the alibis from the passengers and eli ...more

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Feb 06, 2017 Gillian Kevern rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A really strong Ngaio Marsh! I read this one at the very start of an intense 48 hour solo-babysitting encounter, and I was in a good mental space, and could appreciate her plotting and characters. I had read this one before. I remembered the victim, I did not remember the murderer.

It's always interesting when classic detective fiction authors tackle serial killers, and this one gives the impression of Ngaio Marsh making a conscientious effort to be up to date. It's odd.

There's one gay characte ...more

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