Adam tossed the wrinkled strip of starched linen onto the dressing table.

Like they do all their crimes only with pen and pad, and only on starched white linen.

A variegated blond head and one angular shoulder clothed in starched white linen poked through.

Pink tablecloths and starched linen set the tone.

Their hair was done very untidily, and they smelt aggressively of starched linen.

Splendid in knee breeches and starched linen, he surveyed his son with a sigh.

He smelled expensive, she realized, all fine soap and starched linen.

Her tone was as crisp as starched linen.

Her starched linen and lace immediately proclaimed a household of better financial standing than the clothes worn by the dead man suggested.

The formal dining room to the right of the entrance was familiar, with its starched white linen and elaborate wrought-iron balustrade.