Singing in the Shrouds John Mortimer and hanging on by the

and hanging on by the slimmest of threads

But a vampire soul is not easily shed

Doherty continues to impress

told substantially in the words of J

to escape his wife's nagging

Singing in the Shrouds John Mortimer and hanging on by theWith 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