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By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
By Susan · 12 posts · 15 views
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This is number twelve in the Albert Campion series, published in 1945 and set at the end of WWII. Albert Campion has returned from a secret, wartime mission, and is relaxing in his bath (presumably Lugg had removed the 5 inch water line round the bath at this point – a little hard to wallow in shallow water) when he hears a noise. Of course, being Campion, this has to be something more than a little unusual and turns out to be Lugg and Lady Carados (mother of Campion’s old friend, Johnny Carados
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In this latest installment of the adventures of Mr. Albert Campion, we find our hero as he is returning from three years of work for the British crown. His plan is to arrive in London, take a hot bath at his Bottle Street flat and catch a train home to the lovely Amanda. While soaking in the tub, however, he is interrupted by voices in his flat; he goes out to check and there is the faithful Lugg and a couple of other people hauling in the body of a dead woman. Needless to say Campion misses his
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"She was smothered,” said Oates, before Yeo could speak. “She was given a strong opiate, and then when she was all out a soft cushion or pillow was held firmly over her face until she stopped breathing. Roder-Whyte did the post mortem and he’s got it very clear as usual. The cause of death was suffocation and there was fluff and stuff in the larynx. Anybody might have done it. “Anybody,” echoed Yeo. “Not a lot of strength was required, you see, it just needed nerve.” Campion shivered. The homeli
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Pearls Before Swine by Margery Allingham is the last book of my projected choices for the Vintage Mystery Challenge "Dangerous Beasts" Theme....and also, by the way, one really eccentric book. It opens with this scene:
The man and the woman carried the body cautiously up the stairs. Although it was still early evening, the narrow way was grey and shadowy, and it was very cold, colder even than it had been outside amid the thin traffic of a wartime London. The two who were alive in that grim littl ...more
The man and the woman carried the body cautiously up the stairs. Although it was still early evening, the narrow way was grey and shadowy, and it was very cold, colder even than it had been outside amid the thin traffic of a wartime London. The two who were alive in that grim littl ...more
“Not my favorite” stated in the introduction penned by Agatha Christie and I quite agree.
That said, Allingham fails to disappoint and her protagonist, Campion, is at his broodiest mid- war best. .
That said, Allingham fails to disappoint and her protagonist, Campion, is at his broodiest mid- war best. .
Found this to be quite tedious and not a little boring.
Mar 13, 2013
KOMET
marked it as to-read
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