Alex Hawke is tracking one of the world's most powerful villains high in the Swiss Alps A powerful Swiss banker is found dead, frozen at the base of a soaring Alp. When a second man, the head of a rival banking empire, is found dead deep inside a mountain cave, MI6 suspects a bizarre conspiracy. Va
Death in White Pyjamas / Death Knows No Calendar
โ Scribed by Bude, John;Edwards, Martin
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks; British Library
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 463 KB
- Series
- British Library crime classics
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Death in white pyjamas, ยฉ1944 -- Death knows no calendar, ยฉ1942.;Death in white pyjamas: A theatre-owner, a 'slightly sinister' producer, a burgeoning playwright and a cast of ego-driven actors have gathered at a country home to read through the promising script for Pigs in Porcelain. Before the production ever reaches the stage, one of their number is found murdered in the grounds wearing what mysteriously seems to be somebody else's white pyjamas. Enter Inspector Harting and Sergeant Dane to unravel this curious plot.;Death knows no calendar: Investigating a deadly shooting with no shooter in a locked artist's studio, detective fiction enthusiast Major Tom Boddy has a long day ahead of him. With four colourful suspects to scrutinise, and not one but two 'impossible' elements of the crime to solve, this extremely rare and thoroughly entertaining mystery is long overdue its return to print.
โฆ Subjects
Murder -- Investigation
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