Singing in the Shrouds

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 passengers, one of whom is known to be the murderer. Which is why Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins the ship at Portsmouth on the most difficult assignment of his professional career....

©1959 Ngaio Marsh (P)2010 Hachette Digital

Great story, but narrator just reads.

Anton Lesser is a renowned, brilliant actor in England. However, he just reads the book straight. No change.of character, no differentiation of male to female. Just reading. The other version is a master of character. He goes a little fast but audible has a button that can slow it down a little. All that being said. This book is one of Marsh's more fun.

Love Inspector Alleyn

Great narration!
As with many mysteries, dragged in the middle while we checked alibis and suspected. Also as with many mysteries, it picked up when the final victim was murdered.