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Margery Allingham
Scandal 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…
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With gentleman sleuth Albert Campion on the case and plenty of European intrigue, "Sweet Danger is for the connoisseur of detective fiction" (Sunday Times).
Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the…
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Detective, Albert Campion goes into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And, if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and…
During the crusades, Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan state of Averna. Since that time the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render…
Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the ‘true queen’ of the classic murder mystery? Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, private detective Albert Campion is relaxing in his…
John Lafcadio’s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve…
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY When song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there’s only one man who can get to the bottom of the…
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…
A quiet, ruthless killer strikes in London’s theatreland. Superintendent Luke thinks he has seen the pattern before. Mr Campion wonders what became of the old couple in the country bus…
A classic collection of mystery stories: "With skillful plotting laced with tongue-in-cheek humor, Allingham never ceases to intrigue and surprise" (Daily Mail).
This volume offer eighteen delightful mysteries from the…
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A collection of eighteen classic Golden Age short stories from "the best of mystery writers"-with a tribute by Agatha Christie (The New Yorker).
Acclaimed by critics and her peers, Margery…
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Written during the ‘noisy, bomb-filled winter’ of 1940, Margery Allingham’s ‘The Oaken Heart’ records the events and emotions of the Essex village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy during the war. This illustrated…
A custom-made killer shocks the fashionable London set in "one of the finest murder books ever written" featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion (The New Yorker).
Albert Campion's sister is a…
"Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever."" Sara Paretsky
World War II is…
""If I had to vote for the single best detective story, this would be it."" A.S. Byatt
Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital, accused of attacking a police…
A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by ""one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel"" (Alexander McCall Smith).
Private detective Albert Campion…
Murder takes center stage when a song-and-dance man is targeted, in an Albert Campion whodunit from ""the best of mystery writers"" (The New Yorker).
When entertainer Jimmy Sutane falls victim…
Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London's theatre district, in this crime novel from "the best of mystery writers" (The New Yorker).
A spate of murders leaves…
"The Tiger in the Smoke is a phenomenal novel." --J. K. Rowling
A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London--so too are whispers that the Tiger is back…
"A top-notch mystery full of keen characterization, humor, old English atmosphere, a charmingly decadent family, and a few sudden deaths." --The New York Times A beggarwoman on a bench arouses…
A classic from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. "One of the best books by a mystery novelist whose work is always of first rank." -The New York Times
Something…
Two classic mystery stories from the Golden Age author who "stands out like a shining light" (Agatha Christie).
"Wanted: Someone Innocent" At a retirement reception for their headmistress, twenty-year-old Gillie…
"An ace high mystery, with unexpected situations and new methods used by old rogues" from the Golden Age author of the Albert Campion series (Kirkus Reviews).
An apparent suicide at…
World War II on the home front: "Fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or James Herriot will enjoy this unique historical account." -Library Journal
This remarkable…
"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance." -Agatha Christie
Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome, and successful, but…
A lively British mystery from "one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel" (Alexander McCall Smith).
Strange things are happening in Saltey. The little village on the Essex…
A mysterious invention causes mayhem in a coastal English village-from "my very favourite of the four Queens of Crime" (J. K. Rowling).
The ancient hamlet of Saltey, once the haunt…
A desperate woman's innocent escape from London turns deadly in this suspenseful mystery by the renowned author of the Albert Campion series. Out of a job, a home, and luck…
A haunting romantic mystery from the renowned author of the Albert Campion detective novels: "Allingham stands out like a shining light" (Agatha Christie). Robin Grey is Scotland Yard's inside man…
A collection of thirteen short stories brings back an acclaimed Golden Age mystery author's beloved sleuth, as well as a host of fresh characters and genres.
Margery Allingham fans will…
Murder darkens the bright days of summer in an idyllic Suffolk village, in an Albert Campion mystery that is simply "unforgettable" (A.S. Byatt).
Private detective Albert Campion's glorious summer in…
First published serially in 1927, "The White Cottage Mystery" is Margery Allingham's second published novel. Best known for her gentleman sleuth Albert Campion, who would be introduced in the author's…
In this collection of 13 short stories, Margery Allingham explores both the Mystery and the other genres it has allowed her to write. From a classic capers to wonderful literary…
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Julia Jones
This biography was researched in the very room where Margery Allingham worked, and was written with the full co-operation of Margery’s sister, her secretary and her housekeeper. It was first…
Black'erchief Dick, is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work…
Crime and Mystery The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, one of the most prestigious art galleries in the world - followed by the…
Classic Crime from the Golden Age, the second in the Albert Campion Series. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling’s favorite Golden Age author.
Confronted by the beautiful, ill wife of her ex-lover, a jilted doctor could hardly be blamed for wishing the wife well out of the way. But it’s not as simple…
First, there is a skeleton in a jacket, then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth. Both the skeleton and the corpse…
Classic Crime from the Golden Age, the first in the Albert Campion Series. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling’s favorite Golden Age author.
Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the ‘true queen’ of the classic murder mystery? The tranquility of Cambridge is punctured when Cousin Andrew of…
Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. It takes all Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.
Appearance and reality are not always the same. Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome and well-bred. He seems to have everything. Then, on the eve of his elopement, he learns that…
THE FIRST CAMPION MYSTERY ‘Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light’ Agatha Christie A suspicious death and a haunted family heirloom were not advertised when Dr George Abbershaw and…
Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang. After four attempts on his life, he ends up seeking the…
Gentleman sleuth Albert Campion tries to solve the murder of a prominent publisher in this "vivid and witty" British mystery (The New York Times).
Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house…
An artist's legacy lives on--through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from "one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists" (The Sunday Telegraph).
To vex his rival from the grave…
From the Golden Age mystery author comes "a richly detailed and entertaining romp, with a fascinating resolution and an unconventional and winning sleuth" (Chicago Tribune).
Albert Campion heads to Cambridge…