Ngaio Marsh
Singing in the Shrouds
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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First published in Great Britain by Ngaio Marsh Ltd 1958
Copyright © 1958 Ngaio Marsh Ltd
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Contents
| PC Moir | |
| A Taxi-driver | |
| A Sailor | |
| Mrs Dillington-Blick | |
| Her Friend | |
| Mr Cuddy | A draper |
| Mrs Cuddy | His wife |
| Miss Katherine Abbott | An authority on church music |
| Mr Philip Merryman | A retired schoolmaster |
| Father Jourdain | An Anglo-Catholic priest |
| His Fellow-Cleric | |
| Jemima Carmichael | |
| Dr Timothy Makepiece | Medical Officer, Cape Farewell |
| Mr Aubyn Dale | A celebrity of commercial television |
| His dearest friend | |
| Their dearest male friend | |
| Their dearest female friend | |
| Mr Donald McAngus | A philatelist |
| Dennis |
A steward
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