Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman.\n\nAt first Campion...
Dancers in Mourning (Albert Campion)
Margery AllinghamJimmy Sutane is London\'s favorite song-and-dance man, headlining at the Argosy Theatre, and beloved by all. Or almost all—someone has taken to playing increasingly nasty pranks. Albert Campion offers to poke around, but what he...
Campion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand's fabulous summer party a murder is discovered and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspi...
Both the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturière and Campion's s...
The White Cottage Mystery: An Albert ...
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Slashed paintings and a mysterious death, an accused fianc and the reappearance of a long-dead husband - Black Plumes is another classic crime drama from Margery Allingham. 'Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.' - Agath...
Blackkerchief Dick (Albert Campion)
Margery AllinghamA historical novel about smugglers set on Mersea Island in the 17th century inspired by a series of seances held by the Allingham family while on holiday on Mersea.Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immer...
Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion...
Margery AllinghamScandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife's lover, the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration c...
The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion)
Margery AllinghamCampion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand's fabulous summer party a murder is discovered and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspi...
The Case of the Late Pig: An Albert C...
Margery AllinghamAlbert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral.Soon other corpses start to turn up, ...
The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Cam...
Margery AllinghamWhen George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind―proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decided...
The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campio...
Margery AllinghamBoth the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturi re and Campion's si...
Margery Allingham, already a successful crime writer, was living quietly in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy (‘Auburn’) when the Second World War broke out. Her house became an Air Raid Wardens’ post and ...
Margery Allingham, already a successful crime writer, was living quietly in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy (‘Auburn’) when the Second World War broke out. Her house became an Air Raid Wardens’ post and ...