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    <body><![CDATA[As far as mysteries and plots go, this one is different. Even though it is set in an old English country home (my very favorite mysteries have this setting), the murder has a bit of a twist to it. I won't say what it is. But it all starts when young Wyatt Petrie has a few close friends to his ancest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17304996">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[THE CRIME AT BLACK DUDLEY (aka The Black Dudley Murder) (Amateur Sleuth, Albert Campion, England, 1920s) – Good<br/>Allingham, Margery – 1st in series (EBMRG Selection)<br/>Penguin Books, 1929, US Paperback<br/><br/>First Sentence:  The view from the narrow window was dreary and inexpressibl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26129098">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I don't usually like period pieces, this was a very good read.  I would consider reading more of her novels.  It's set in the English countryside and a murder mystery game is played out.  Only, there is a real murder and some very &quot;bad&quot; guys who take over the house.  Characters were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43601287">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The very first of the Mr. Campion mysteries, it is for me a return to a series I had read briefly in high school and then mostly forgotten.  I am enjoying getting to know Margery Allingham's unusual sleuth from the very beginning and for the second time.  A quirky aristocrat who works under an assum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18911206">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a long time ago.  Remember it being a pleasant way to pass an afternoon.  Albert Campion is another a Scarlet Pimpernell-type character, which I always enjoy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read an interesting article about the author.  Since this book is the first in a series it seems like a good place to start.<br/><br/>8/08  I enjoyed this book even though the ending was a bit weak.  Some reviews said this was not her best book, but I read it because it introduces Albert Campion...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20850540">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting introduction to a quirky detective series.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A house-party with a glittering guest list. An  imposing country estate with endless shadowy staircases and unused rooms. The breathless period between the two world wars. It's the ideal setting for the classic English murder mystery, and bringing it to perfection is the  introduction&#151;in a supporting role for the first and last time&#151;of Albert Campion, the consummate (if compulsively quipping) Gentleman Sleuth.  The guests take some time to be grateful for Campion's presence; he is a bit  peculiar, and they have more than enough distractions, what with various complicated love affairs, a curious ritual involving a jeweled dagger, and a deadly game of hide-and-seek. But the savvy reader will be singing hosannas from Campion's first appearance, knowing that it marks the beginning of one of the most intelligent and delightful series in the history of crime fiction.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in which Albert Campion appears, although he is not the main hero. I enjoyed his scenes, because I like his character, but I found the rest a bit much. This is really more of an adventure novel than a mystery novel, although there is a murder to solve, but the parts where Camp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33505813">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Murder turns a weekend house party at Black Dudley Manor into a deadly affair when the host is discovered brutally slain. Nor do gruesome rituals, callous interrogations, and perilous traps add to the fun. Fatal mystification might win the day, if Albert Campion were not there to sift through the motives and clues as with brilliant detection and his signature charm he penetrates the heart of the crime.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only dislike I have with Allingham's stories is her very frequent use of the supernatural. She often incorporates folk tales, superstition, the sinister to create her backdrop. However this is niggling as her humorous portraits of the classes are perfect. <br/>The Black Dudley is a dagger with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13295674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Murder turns a weekend house party at Black Dudley Manor into a deadly affair when the host is discovered brutally slain. Nor do gruesome rituals, callous interrogations, and perilous traps add to the fun. Fatal mystification might win the day, if Albert Campion were not there to sift through the motives and clues as with brilliant detection and his signature charm he penetrates the heart of the crime.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading Campion books after exhausting the existing collection of the BBC Campion episodes. This was the first of the series that I read, and it was an adjustment. It's a bit strange not having Campion be the central character. But this detail did not detract of the book. I enjoyed the sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26032230">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought i would do the right thing and read this boo first as this is where the great detective Alert Campion is introduced. Campion however is only a gate crashing guest at the manor and does not end up being the one who solves the mystery, however it was still a fun read. Enjoyable if you enjoy ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62148818">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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