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The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14)

Margery Allingham

Start date: October 17, 2020

Finish date: November 10, 2020

Discussion: Archive: Albert Campion reads

Why we're reading this: Our next Albert Campion buddy read - one of the most famous in the series.
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Mar 13, 2019 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: margery-allingham

A good story but more a thriller than detective story. Jack Havoc is a psychopath with a fixation on the code he lives by or the science of luck. Very atmospheric with the fog of London. The story starts with Megs husband apparently back from the dead. Jack Havoc escapes from prison. A gang of misfits accidentally kidnaps Megs fiancée. I loved the setting of a fog bound London very atmospheric and then the switch to a remote place in France.

What follows is a roller coaster of murders and desper ...more

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Jul 10, 2016 Rosario added it

Shelves: dnf

Allingham is the only one of the famous "Golden Age" mystery writers that I hadn't tried yet. I think I saw this one mentioned somewhere and thought I'd start here.

What started as a strange plot where a young woman is about to get married and starts getting letters from her supposedly-late husband quickly turns into a story of underworld characters and a dangerous killer on the loose. I liked the former, but the latter got old really quickly. The sections with the criminal gang are preposterous ...more

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Oct 22, 2020 Sandy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, own, z2020-own-24, rread-2020

I found this a gripping story, more a thriller than a mystery. There are memorable characters both extremely good and extremely bad, along with the more realistic shades of decency and villainy. Campion was more a background figure here, but his age and humanity are well portrayed. There is also a promising young police detective that has appeared in an earlier book and I hope to see again.

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Oct 17, 2015 Clare Skeets rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2015

An enjoyable read from a new author from the Golden Age - have read Christie, Sayers and Marsh but my first from Allingham. Although number 14 in the Campion stories was able to follow and read as a standalone. Atmospheric setting in post war London.

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