landlady's

In the morning, while Salvo slept, I went downstairs and knocked on my landlady's door.

Turista Ann Wahlman 2011

Accompanied by his large, laconic, indispensable black colleague Desmond, Nick plunges into this twilight zone of eccentric saints and habitual sinners in search of a miscreant who has made off not only with an unpaid-for plasma TV but with Nick's landlady's primo-condition Ford Ranchero—a vehicle Reid promises to bring back good as new.

Mystery Tom Nolan 2011

But the most chilling moment comes when Jeffry nurses his landlady's baby in his arms: an image evoking memories of Edward Bond's Saved, and suggesting the anxiety of influence again at work.

Over Gardens Out - review Michael Billington 2010

The landlady's daughter had called him and led him to the little bedroom, the occupant of which, a glove-maker, had just been removed to hospital.

SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

But Dede was out, the landlady's daughter told him, and added, on second thought, that she was out walking in the hills.

Chapter XIX 2010

There are a lot of memorable minor characters as well - the model who the killer is obsessed with, the landlady's long lost love, the fortune-teller who the victim worked for, even the Iraqi refugee who emerges rather abruptly in the final pages.

Cambridge Lib Dems... nwhyte 2010

Depressed, in part over a hopeless infatuation with his landlady's daughter, he resolved to make a fresh start, trying first teaching and then something far more traditional within his family—preaching the Gospel.

A Stranger to Himself Jonathan Lopez 2011

McMenamin does swell by the centerpiece of "The Zoo Story," Jerry's sad and funny recitation of the story of his battle with his landlady's dog.

'At Home at the Zoo' expands Albee's classic one-act play 2011

I borrowed my landlady's tape recorder and heard myself singing some of his songs.

The Eternal Teenager in Love Steve Dougherty 2012

At first it was her landlady's daughter who was raised, but in a minute he heard the voice he had been hungry to hear.

Chapter XVIII 2010