Death in the Middle Watch (2004)
“There was in all probability. he reminded himself, a murderer on board since, as the Purser had told him, no one had remained ashore in Lisbon, and Carolus was not the man, even among the absurdities of a holiday cruise, to treat murder lightly. As he had shown in previous cases, he had an almost superstitious awe of the very word. He was ready to see the humours of human vanity and particularly of curious idiom, but he had never found anything in the least amusing about a man or woman who usur...ped the authority of God to put an end to the life of another.
Cynthia Darwin, for all he knew, might have been an odious woman, might even have been involved in the death of her first husband: her character was irrelevant. Someone, someone perhaps known to Carolus, had gone to her cabin and having been trustingly admitted, had strangled the wretched woman. And although Carolus had boasted that he had certain theories or ideas about the identity of the murderer, he had to admit that they were too vague and remote to be formulated, even to himself.MoreLess
Cynthia Darwin, for all he knew, might have been an odious woman, might even have been involved in the death of her first husband: her character was irrelevant. Someone, someone perhaps known to Carolus, had gone to her cabin and having been trustingly admitted, had strangled the wretched woman. And although Carolus had boasted that he had certain theories or ideas about the identity of the murderer, he had to admit that they were too vague and remote to be formulated, even to himself.MoreLess
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