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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.
Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 17,99 MB
Release : 1999-03-15
Category : 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.
Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : 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.
Author : Bruce Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : 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.
Author : Helen Vendler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : 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.
Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 1997-10-15
Category : 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.
Author : Earl F. Bargainnier
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 1981
Category : 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.
Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : 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
Author : Gladys Mitchell
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 1959
Category :
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Author : Deborah A. Fritz
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2003-01-14
Category : 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.
Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137538759
This book explores why crime fiction so often alludes to Shakespeare. It ranges widely over a variety of authors including classic golden age crime writers such as the four ‘queens of crime’ (Allingham, Christie, Marsh, Sayers), Nicholas Blake and Edmund Crispin, as well as more recent authors such as Reginald Hill, Kate Atkinson and Val McDermid. It also looks at the fondness for Shakespearean allusion in a number of television crime series, most notably Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse and Lewis, and considers the special sub-genre of detective stories in which a lost Shakespeare play is found. It shows how Shakespeare facilitates discussions about what constitutes justice, what authorises the detective to track down the villain, who owns the countryside, national and social identities, and the question of how we measure cultural value.