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The Fashion In Shrouds (Albert Campion) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Margery Allingham (Author), Philip Franks (Reader)
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Publication Date: 2 Aug 2007 | Series: Albert Campion

First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth . . .

Both the skeleton and the corpse have dies with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top coutouiere and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder.

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  • Audio CD: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital; Abridged edition edition (2 Aug 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405502746
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405502740
  • Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 13.3 x 14.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 446,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Allingham's work is always of the first rank (New York Times )

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

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Blackmail and murder in the fashionable theatre scene of thirties London -- classic British crime writing at its best.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful period piece, and an intriguing mystery 11 Oct 2000
By R. Weir
Format:Paperback
One of Albert Campion's most intriguing cases, this is a book which is more than just a crime caper. The style of writing makes it a book that flows along without feeling superficial, and the characters are well drawn; the twist added by one of the possible suspects being Campion's sister merely adds to the tension as the reader is left wondering what will happen if she indeed turns out to be the murderess.

There are a couple of things that really do date this book though. For starters, virtually all of the characters smoke; a no-no in contemporary literature. Mainly though, it's the attitude towards women, and the attitudes of many of the female characters. While they are strong in their own way, their expectations make this book very much a product of the inter-war period.

I've read most of the Campion books now, and this is one of the best without doubt; the story, characters and general writing quality combine to create a book that is a gem, deserving of being read by a wider audience than Crime Afficionados.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "Murder: I think it's unethical and ungentlemanly and unkind." 25 Jun 2006
By Mary Whipple HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
As talented and popular a mystery writer in the 1930s and 1940s as fellow writers Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham is now almost unknown, except by mystery aficionados. Writing a series of novels featuring Albert Campion, a man of mysterious background who moves comfortably both in aristocratic circles and in the seedy underworld of thugs and criminals, Allingham sets up elaborate plots that cross class lines and entertain the reader with their cleverness. Campion, often aided by Lugg, a former burglar, manages to remain friendly with local police inspectors while operating as a private detective, often hired by the titled nobility with whom he associates.

This novel, written in 1938, opens with the discovery of the fully clothed skeleton of a man who disappeared three years before. A lawyer hoping for a judgeship, the deceased was the fiancé of Georgia Wells, a stage actress who married just six months after his disappearance, a seductress who flirts with every man she meets. Campion's sister Val, who runs a high fashion design house, is also involved in the mystery, as are the man she loves, who runs an aircraft company trying to sell planes to a foreign country, and Georgia's present husband, a self-important snob who works for the government. The mystery is unusually intricate, and when two more deaths occur, Campion must investigate questions of blackmail, secret relationships, drug shipments, an out-of-the-way restaurant, and characters who look like other characters. He must also deal with a former acquaintance, Lady Amanda Fitton, who has returned--and unexpectedly announced her engagement to him.... Read more ›
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars One to slowly savour 16 Mar 2009
By Officer Dibble VINE™ VOICE
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It's not about undertakers. The nascent high fashion world of the late 1930's is the setting. Three deaths revolve around the gorgeous super-model of her day. Campion's sister is the high-flying fashion designer who draws him into the world of haute couture where the filthy rich have secrets they would rather keep in the cupboard and/or closet.

Apparently, this was close to Allingham's real life as her hubby was editor of Tatler and this shows as it becomes a bit self indulgent and wordy on the subject. My main disagreement with some other reviewers is that it lacks pace.

Better to savour an insight into an elitist world. More 'literary' than Sayers/Christie and it benefits from time spent on it as it veers more to crime novel than crime thriller.

A good read for its historical setting. If you are fully paid up in the P.C. brigade you will find one or two shockers here! Sedate, one to slowly savour but not one for pace or crash-bang excitement.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Find the pre-1965 version 6 July 2010
By Ms. L. R. Fisher
Format:Audio Cassette|Amazon Verified Purchase
The last time I reviewed this book, I said that the abridged version read by the brilliant Jeremy Nicholas was better than the complete version. Allingham herself thought the book overwritten, and cut 25,000 words from it for the 1965 re-issue. 25,000 precious words by one of the best novelists of the 20th century! When I found this out (from the excellent biography by Julia Jones), I ordered a pre-1965 copy and am reading it now. She was wrong to cut it - the full version makes much more sense. So what did she cut? Some dated attitudes to women and Africans, and a lot of the characters' motivations. It's a complicated story and all the main characters face unwelcome truths about themselves, their closest friends, society and humanity. The full version makes much more sense of a central character, the femme fatale Georgia Wells. She springs off the page and you feel her charm, warmth and predatory nature. You understand the physical pull she has - she is always grasping people's hands or putting an arm round their shoulders (and invading their space). She is horribly fascinating and larger than life. The autobiography also shows a the shadowy reality behind Allingham's story. It reads as if she has used raw emotions of her own - her husband was probably serially unfaithful to her, she was a successful businesswoman making her way in a man's world. Even though I have read the shortened version several times, I am finding it a page-turner. She was a brilliant writer who inhabited the same world as Greene, Dickens, Dickens and Conrad.
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