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The Tiger In The Smoke

Margery Allingham author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th May '15

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A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again.

'I adore Margery Allingham, and this is I think her finest book' Reverend Richard Coles

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


A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again.

As Havoc stalks the smog-cloaked alleyways of the city, it falls to Albert Campion to hunt down the fugitive and put a stop to his rampage - before it's too late...

As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN HILL

[A] philosophical, thought-provoking exploration of good and evil -- Linda Hepworth * Nudge *
Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered -- P.D. James
The real queen of crime * Guardian *
Allingham is the best of mystery writers * New Yorker *
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light -- Agatha Christie
A genuinely terrifying and evocative crime novel... Once you've read it, it's hard to shake off the sense of foreboding that permeates this serial killer story * crimefictionlover *

ISBN: 9781784701598

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 18mm

Weight: 203g

288 pages