Death in White Pyjamas Death Knows No Calendar

2020

An inspector Meredith mystery of the kind John Bude does best; a well-drawn and authentic period setting, and a satisfying mystery following the traditional rules and style of the golden age of the genre.

Author: John Bude

Publisher: British Library Crime Classics

ISBN: 1464212872

Category: Fiction

Page: 560

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"Death in White Pajamas: At the country home of Sam Richardson, a group of actors have gathered along with their somewhat sinister producer Basil Barnes and a playwright whose star is rising in the theater scene. The drama isn't staying in the production, as competitive tension in the air begins to rise between the three actresses Clara, Angela and Deirdre. But nobody expects to find Deirdre's murdered body on the grounds wearing, for some unknown reason, white pyjamas... An inspector Meredith mystery of the kind John Bude does best; a well-drawn and authentic period setting, and a satisfying mystery following the traditional rules and style of the golden age of the genre. Death Knows No Calendar: The "locked-room" element of the mystery is simple: Lydia Arundel, a fairly wealthy painter, is found shot dead in her locked studio, with suicide seemingly impossible due to the position of the weapon. Many figures in the local village, Beckwood, have a motive for her murder: the Reverend, who seems to have had an affair with her; her husband, who inherits all her money; Hawkinge, who used to be in love with her but now wants to marry Honororia, and Honororia herself, who saw Hawkinge with Lydia. All suspects were in the area the night she was killed, and local bobby Major Boddy is left to untangle the curious web. Once again, Bude is on form playing with the pettiness and pocket intrigue of village politics, and the reader is treated to heaps of misunderstanding, double-crossing and subterfuge even on this small-scale case"--
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Angry White Pyjamas

2010-06-03

... are friends with pain. Death frightens you no longer because without
considerations of pain life and death have no power over you.' He painted on a
skull: Cut off death And you will have only bliss Imitate a dead man And you will
be worse off.

Author: Robert Twigger

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9780297863892

Category: Travel

Page: 320

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A brilliant and captivating insight into the bizarre nature of contemporary Japan. Adrift in Tokyo, teaching giggling Japanese highschool girls how to pronounce Tennyson correctly, Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: he'd never been fit. In a bid to escape the cockroach infestation and sweaty squalor of a cramped apartment in Fuji Heights, Twigger sets out to cleanse his body and his mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts, and the brutally demanding course of budo training taken by the Tokyo Riot Police, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained dogis and fractured collarbones. In Angry White Pyjamas Robert Twigger skilfully blends the ancient with the modern - the ultra-traditionalism, ritual and violence of the dojo (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the twenty-first century - to provide an entertaining and captivating glimpse of contemporary Japan.
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Sequels

1967

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Publisher: London : Association of Assistant Librarians

ISBN: UOM:39015034800063

Category: American literature

Page: 291

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Sequels Adult books

1982

Author: Mandy Hicken

Publisher:

ISBN: STANFORD:36105024594579

Category: Children's literature

Page: 332

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Death is a Ceremony

1992

In the dusk , the frangipani tree bled at slow intervals small white drops from a
dark body . And Siew Choo , he thought , in her white pyjamas dress under the
frangipani , watching the flare of the dying sun behind the back of the hill had
stood ...

Author: Kok Liang Lee

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015029703454

Category: Asia

Page: 199

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Death in the Blue Hour

1952

You must not disturb . ' Oh , stop it , Jackson ! ' Dave called , from the bedroom . '
Come on in , whoever you are . When he spied us he smiled as brightly as he
could manage . He was lying flat on the bed . He wore white pyjamas and his
dark ...

Author: Frances Kirkwood Crane

Publisher:

ISBN: UVA:X001866339

Category:

Page: 222

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Run to Death

2018-08-28

Deborah Brand was standing there, dressed in white pyjamas. The moon-
washed hair fell loose around her shoulders. She moved into the room and
closed the door behind her. “Well, I've come,” she said. “Had you given me up?”
III I turned ...

Author: Patrick Quentin

Publisher: Open Road Media

ISBN: 9781504051545

Category: Fiction

Page: 180

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In this mystery from an Edgar Award–winning author, sleuth Peter Duluth is caught in “a succession of double takes and double-crosses” (Kirkus Reviews). Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: “Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie.” With his marriage to his wife on the rebound—but still precarious—Peter Duluth knows the last thing he needs now is more trouble. With Iris away making a movie, maybe he can finally get back to writing his next Broadway hit. Unfortunately, after the sultry Deborah Brand slinks into his car asking for a ride, things are about to get far more complicated—and dangerous. Because when his passenger ends up dead, Peter becomes ensnared in a conspiracy that will take him from the jungles of Mexico to the back alleys of New Orleans. And if Peter isn’t careful, it may take him straight to the grave . . .
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An Angel in Pyjamas

1996

Zafar had perceived death advancing towards him in the innocuous guise of grey
and white hair . Every morning he would wake up , drenched in sweat , having
dreamt of white hairs again : white hairs woven into prison bars , snow - white ...

Author: Tabish Khair

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN: UOM:39015041612717

Category: India

Page: 362

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The Fortnightly

1944

DEATH IN WHITE . PYJAMAS 8/6 aet . ALMA MATER C. R. BENSTEAD With
drawings by EDGAR NORFIELD A " profound study ” of a great university . Both
author and artist are in their old mood of innocent solemnity : moreover , they
know ...

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Publisher:

ISBN: UCAL:B2973855

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The Fortnightly Review

1944

DEATH IN WHITE PYJAMAS 8 / 6 net . ALMA MATER C . R . BENSTEAD With
drawings by EDGAR NORFIELD A “ profound study " of a great university . Both
author and artist are in their old mood of innocent solemnity : more . over , they ...

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Publisher:

ISBN: UCSC:32106020393093

Category: England

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Death of a Moral Person

1967

In a cupboard hung new white silk pyjamas , in different sizes , as well as two
handsome brocade dressing gowns . “ No nightdresses , ” he said to himself . “
Either he doesn't expect female overnight guests or this is the male suite .

Author: Alexandra Roudybush

Publisher: Robert Hale

ISBN: UCAL:B3462867

Category: Big business

Page: 215

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The Life and Death of the Duchess

1959

So I hastened to change into my only clean garment, a pair of white silk pyjamas
made by a Chinese tailor in Tahiti and de rigueur there for better occasions—but
not de rigueur here. However, that could not be helped. I had not expected ...

Author: Pamela Bourne Eriksson

Publisher:

ISBN: UCAL:$B556306

Category: Seafaring life

Page: 247

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Cardinal Galsworthy

1997

I recoiled in distaste as the oculist sold photographs to the world press of the
Supreme Pontiff in his death agony , wearing white pyjamas but without his gold -
rimmed spectacles , his head propped up by soiled pillows , a rubber tube
dangling ...

Author: Edward R. F. Sheehan

Publisher: Viking Adult

ISBN: UOM:39015040579917

Category: Fiction

Page: 493

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A sweeping novel by the author of Innocent Darkness traces the saga of modern-day Catholicism through the story of Cardinal Galsworthy, a celebrated ecclesiastic who becomes a leading contender to succeed John Paul II. 15,000 first printing.
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Death Warrant

2006

Wearing only his pyjamas and feigning complete surprise , White put on his best
outraged innocence act . Ignoring ... Clad only in his underwear , Robinson took
one look at the la police officers standing on his doorstep and said , 55 DEATH ...

Author: Will Pearson

Publisher:

ISBN: IND:30000107495198

Category: Criminal investigation

Page: 275

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First account of the most valuable haul in British criminal history, the Brinks Mat robbery of 1983
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Death Squad

1999

I can lend you a pair of pyjamas . Black or white ? ' I take it you mean the coffee ,
not the pyjamas ? ' I said . Grimsdyke chuckled . ' I see you have quite a sense of
humour , Mr Faraday . ' He nodded at the Filipino who put the brandy down and ...

Author: Basil Copper

Publisher: Linford

ISBN: 070895460X

Category: Fiction

Page: 304

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The Collector s Bookshelf

1990

Author: Joseph Raymond LeFontaine

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015019651408

Category: Antiques & Collectibles

Page: 333

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Book collectors are a special (and wonderful) breed, as are books related to book-collecting. This fine example lists the correct titles and original date and place of publication of more than 33,000 collectible book titles. The titles listed were written by 931 authors who used a total of 1,764 dif
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The Alderney Death Camp

1982

Informants called them the “ Stripers ” from the white stripes down the outsides of
their trouser legs . ... He was spotted and shot dead in OLIVER STREET . Another
... The politicals wear blue and white striped prison garb like pyjamas .

Author: Solomon H. Steckoll

Publisher:

ISBN: STANFORD:36105073203072

Category: Alderney (Guernsey)

Page: 189

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