Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Among the beautiful people, George Well's suicide was last year's gossip. But Albert Campion refused to close the books on the case and soon finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. A maze of adultery, blackmail and espionage leads to a series of bizarre murders in the world of the wealthy.
The Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Among the beautiful people, George Well's suicide was last year's gossip. But Albert Campion refused to close the books on the case and soon finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. A maze of adultery, blackmail and espionage leads to a series of bizarre murders in the world of the wealthy.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Among the beautiful people, George Well's suicide was last year's gossip. But Albert Campion refused to close the books on the case and soon finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. A maze of adultery, blackmail and espionage leads to a series of bizarre murders in the world of the wealthy.
The Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In the pages of 'The Fashion in Shrouds', the mysterious disappearance of Richard Portland-Smith takes a chilling turn when his skeletal remains are discovered by Albert Campion. As he delves into the investigation surrounding Portland-Smith's supposed suicide, Campion uncovers a web of deceit centered around the actress Georgia Wells, the former fiancee of the deceased. A string of deaths follows, seemingly orchestrated by a sinister force aligning with Georgia's fortunes. However, Campion's personal stakes are raised as his own sister, Valentine, becomes entangled in this deadly affair, as Georgia's closest confidante.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In the pages of 'The Fashion in Shrouds', the mysterious disappearance of Richard Portland-Smith takes a chilling turn when his skeletal remains are discovered by Albert Campion. As he delves into the investigation surrounding Portland-Smith's supposed suicide, Campion uncovers a web of deceit centered around the actress Georgia Wells, the former fiancee of the deceased. A string of deaths follows, seemingly orchestrated by a sinister force aligning with Georgia's fortunes. However, Campion's personal stakes are raised as his own sister, Valentine, becomes entangled in this deadly affair, as Georgia's closest confidante.
The Fashion in Shrouds. Large Print
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campion, Albert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campion, Albert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504088360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A custom-made killer shocks the fashionable London set in “one of the finest murder books ever written” featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion (The New Yorker). Albert Campion’s sister is a success in her own right. A top fashion designer, she works for a legendary couturier and dresses Georgia Wells, the best-dressed actress in the world. Albert also has a connection to Georgia, but his is based on failure, not success. Georgia’s former fiancé disappeared nearly three years ago, and Campion has never been able to find him. Until now . . . The victim’s remains—discovered by Campion in a deserted country house—point to suicide. But the man’s father assumes it was foul play. In a rarified world of wealth and privilege where silence and secrets can be bought, the investigation won’t be easy, especially when another death takes center stage. This time, the victim is Georgia’s current husband—and starring in the role of prime suspect: Albert’s sister. “Top ranking whodunit in Dorothy Sayers tradition . . . Plus sale for non-mysteryites as first rate novel of fashionable London. Suspense—humor—well planned, well written.” —Kirkus Reviews Praise for Margery Allingham “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker “Allingham was a rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504088360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A custom-made killer shocks the fashionable London set in “one of the finest murder books ever written” featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion (The New Yorker). Albert Campion’s sister is a success in her own right. A top fashion designer, she works for a legendary couturier and dresses Georgia Wells, the best-dressed actress in the world. Albert also has a connection to Georgia, but his is based on failure, not success. Georgia’s former fiancé disappeared nearly three years ago, and Campion has never been able to find him. Until now . . . The victim’s remains—discovered by Campion in a deserted country house—point to suicide. But the man’s father assumes it was foul play. In a rarified world of wealth and privilege where silence and secrets can be bought, the investigation won’t be easy, especially when another death takes center stage. This time, the victim is Georgia’s current husband—and starring in the role of prime suspect: Albert’s sister. “Top ranking whodunit in Dorothy Sayers tradition . . . Plus sale for non-mysteryites as first rate novel of fashionable London. Suspense—humor—well planned, well written.” —Kirkus Reviews Praise for Margery Allingham “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker “Allingham was a rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent
The Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Isis Large Print Books
ISBN: 9780753162088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Georgia Wells, an alluring actress at the top of her profession, attracted men like a magnet. The trouble was that they had a nasty habit of winding up dead. No one could deny that Georgia had her faults, but was she a murderess? Albert Campion is drawn into the mystery, for his sister, Val, is chief designer in The House of Papendeik, and the murder has taken place within their walls.
Publisher: Isis Large Print Books
ISBN: 9780753162088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Georgia Wells, an alluring actress at the top of her profession, attracted men like a magnet. The trouble was that they had a nasty habit of winding up dead. No one could deny that Georgia had her faults, but was she a murderess? Albert Campion is drawn into the mystery, for his sister, Val, is chief designer in The House of Papendeik, and the murder has taken place within their walls.
Fashion in Shrouds
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN: 9780553254129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN: 9780553254129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion #11)
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Richard Portland-Smith disappeared without a trace three years ago - now Albert Campion has found his skeleton. The investigation of his suicide leads to Portland-Smith's former fiancee, the actress Georgia Wells, and to a series of deaths, apparently caused by "the hand of fate", but always in Georgia's interest. But Campion's involvement is more than just professional - this case involves his sister Valentine, Georgia's best friend.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Richard Portland-Smith disappeared without a trace three years ago - now Albert Campion has found his skeleton. The investigation of his suicide leads to Portland-Smith's former fiancee, the actress Georgia Wells, and to a series of deaths, apparently caused by "the hand of fate", but always in Georgia's interest. But Campion's involvement is more than just professional - this case involves his sister Valentine, Georgia's best friend.
The Case of the Late Pig
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith). Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters’s body goes missing. It takes all Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime. The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham’s inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed. “My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.”—J. K. Rowling “Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”—P.D. James
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith). Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters’s body goes missing. It takes all Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime. The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham’s inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed. “My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.”—J. K. Rowling “Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”—P.D. James
Traitor's Purse
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hide My Eyes
Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London’s theatre district, in this crime novel from “the best of mystery writers” (The New Yorker). A spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of London to a scrapyard in the East End. Margery Allingham shows her dark edge in Hide My Eyes and evokes the sights, sounds, and inimitable atmosphere of 1950s London, once again proving herself “one of the finest ‘golden age’ crime novelists” (Sunday Telegraph). “Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever.” —Sara Paretsky “Allingham’s characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains.” —Times Literary Supplement
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London’s theatre district, in this crime novel from “the best of mystery writers” (The New Yorker). A spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of London to a scrapyard in the East End. Margery Allingham shows her dark edge in Hide My Eyes and evokes the sights, sounds, and inimitable atmosphere of 1950s London, once again proving herself “one of the finest ‘golden age’ crime novelists” (Sunday Telegraph). “Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever.” —Sara Paretsky “Allingham’s characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains.” —Times Literary Supplement