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The Crime At Black Dudley

Margery Allingham author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th May '15

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Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

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 a groupof London's brightest young things accepted an invitation to the mansion of Black Dudley.

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 a groupof London's brightest young things accepted an invitation to the mansion of Black Dudley.

Skulduggery is most certainly afoot, and the party-goers soon realise that they're trapped in the secluded house.

Amongst them is a stranger who promises to unravel the villainous plots behind their incarceration - but can George and his friends trust the peculiar young man who calls himself Albert Campion?

The queen of crime writing’s golden age * Daily Telegraph *
Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them * Observer *
Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered -- P.D. James
Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction * Independent *
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light -- Agatha Christie

ISBN: 9780099593492

Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 174g

240 pages