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Margery Allingham (Author)
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Publication Date: 7 Sep 2006

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, private detective Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman. At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring his powers of protection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures.

As urbane as Lord Wimsey.as ingenious as Poirot. Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (7 Sep 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099492784
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099492788
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"As addictive as cocaine, Allingham's stories feature spooky happenings and violent death" (Independent)

"Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world - Tatler"

"The real queen of crime" (Guardian)

"Margery Allingham has precious few peers and no superiors" (Sunday Times)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing 15 Feb 2002
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book is set in wartime London and has an intriguing mystery involving murders, vintage wine and missing antiques that Campion has to solve before he catches a train home on leave. The identity of the culprit came as a surprise to this reviewer, at least. There is a strange collection of characters including Campion's uncle, the Bishop of Devizes (curiously, for he is stated in earlier books to have died before the war). For Allingham fans, Lugg as an ARP warden (and part-time pig-keeper)is a treat.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars check titles 5 Nov 2010
By totaltrue
Format:Paperback
this is a great tale in the best tradition lots of intrigue but i didnt realise i already had this book under the title of coroners pidgeon in the original penguin series so do make sure
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best 16 Aug 2010
By ninablack
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is easy to forget that Margery Allingham is not just a detective story writer but a very good author. Her style and description is masterly. This book is a superb period-piece, it recalls days and events which occured long before most present day readers would have been born but does it so vividly that one can almost feel oneself slipping back into that world.It is gripping and exciting, I would recommend it as a good holiday read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, if unusual, Campion mystery 12 July 2012
By Thomas Holt
Format:Paperback
I don't really understand the confusion some reviewers seem to have with the title. This book has always been called 'Coroner's Pidgin' in the UK, and 'Pearls before Swine' in the USA.

It is unusual in that it is the only wartime novel I have read that takes place after it had become obvious that the war in Europe is won, but some time before Hitler committed suicide. Probably most authors thought this a rather dull period! Not so Allingham who presents an excellent and gripping mystery about a Nazi plot, initiated before war broke out, to ensure that valuable art works were safely out of bombing zones so that they could be carried off to the Fatherland after the invasion of Britain. The British organiser of the necessary thefts and murders remains a mystery almost to the end of the novel.

In customary Allingham style, the ethos of London in the period is brilliantly portrayed and Lugg has a couple of wonderful, if unlikely, cameos. Once as the accomplice of a titled lady who is attempting to hide a body, and even more exotic, as Lugg the warden, keeping a pig in one of London's most fashionable squares. There is the usual crop of nutty characters, probably the best of which is Miss Pork, an upper middle-class rural lady with a secret she doesn't know she has. (Allingham has a subtle flair for names that rivals Dickens at times)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read 14 May 2013
By alison
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Typical English detective novel, for those that like that genre
A reasonably good surprise ending
You get what you expect
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read 16 April 2013
By Valerie Beckett
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Interesting picture of life at the end of WW2, mixed in with the suspense of a well-written detective story. Wonderful and unexpected ending. Highly recommended for people who like traditional whodunnits!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dated, but engaging 15 April 2013
By jhgr
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A detective story set at the end of World War II. this book is memorable for its evocation of a ravaged wartime England. Spoilt slightly by the repetition of descriptions that Allingham obviously enjoyed, it's still a jolly spiffing ripping yarn
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5.0 out of 5 stars An underrated book 31 Jan 2013
By Maggitto
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This audio book came to me as a second hand edition, as it didn't seem to be available in the new form. Margery Allingham is an underrated author , and this book particularly is not well known, It is beautifully read by Philip Franks, and is sufficiently complicated to bear being read over again. As usual Albert Campion is the central, unusual character who deserves as much recognition as Lord Peter Whimsy
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