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This is the fifth Albert Campion novel, written in 1933. I have, slowly, been reading two of the Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime,’ this year – Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. I have already read probably everything Agatha Christie has ever written, and certainly all of Dorothy L. Sayers. Without doubt, both Christie and Sayers remain my favourites. However, I was keen to read the two other giants and am, so far, really loving Ngaio Marsh, while Allingham is more difficult for me to define.
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Wildly improbable and melodramatic, with ruthless villains, black magic, a mad doctor, a secret marriage, an obscure prophecy, lost heirs, and an unexpectedly valuable inheritance.
The old house seemed very quiet after the hullabaloo. It was really amazingly attractive. Like all very old houses it had a certain drowsy elegance that was very soothing and comforting in a madly gyrating world.
Guffy, who had privately decided that a man who could drink ‘78 port without recognising it was a lunatic and not fit for human society anyway, was inclined to feel uncomfortable, but EagerWright was plainly interested.
The three young men responded according to their temperaments. Guffy ...more
Guffy, who had privately decided that a man who could drink ‘78 port without recognising it was a lunatic and not fit for human society anyway, was inclined to feel uncomfortable, but EagerWright was plainly interested.
The three young men responded according to their temperaments. Guffy ...more
One of the exceptional Campion whodunnits. Full of mystery and brilliantly imaginative plotting. Only Albert Campion could stay alive, defy the enemy and solve the problem. Brilliant.
Not the only time we will meet the feisty Amanda Fitton. Great.
The GR blurb:
‘Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly - and suspiciously - become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership.
His mission takes ...more
Not the only time we will meet the feisty Amanda Fitton. Great.
The GR blurb:
‘Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly - and suspiciously - become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership.
His mission takes ...more
Highlight - we're introduced to Amanda Fitton.
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Loved this book. An adventure in the old style. So many different things going on throughout, and although it is a stretch of the possible, it entertains all the way.
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