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More Work for the Undertaker (Classic Crime) (Paperback)

by Margery Allingham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 Sep 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014008777X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140087772
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 258,705 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Will Albert Campion give up detection and turn respectable? Perhaps, but after a series of coincidences, culminating in a letter from Lugg's brother-in-law, Campion can no longer resist involvement in the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths.

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Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered - P. D. James --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing murder plot against an eccentric family, 26 Oct 2000
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Allingham at one of her best character-thrillers. Apron street, a throughfare stuck in an older time frame: a street not "to go up" according to the criminal fraternity. A wonderfully weird collection of people: there are Jas Bowels and Son Rowley the undertakers; and then the Palinode brothers and sisters, living in a world of naive eccentricity, two of whom have already left this life in mysterious circumstances. Into this world comes Albert Campion, assisting Detective Inspector Charles Luke and his team by being on the inside. Wonderfully described cameos such as Jas and Son moving an ebony-veneered coffin in the early hours of the morning. A treasure of a thriller captiviting the imagination and the intellect. A set of imaginative characters but in a real world of death and its consequences. It ends with a surreal chase through the night, police cars after a horse-drawn coffin brake. Sadly, they don't write them like this anymore.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Magic story telling, 9 May 2009
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I first read this story twenty-odd years ago and I was so impressed by it that I have tried to read all of Margery Allingham's Mr Campion detective stories since. This one has all the ingredients that I've come to expect from this series of detective novels: an unusual plot, weird names like Stanislaus Oates (a police detective), weird characters like the Palinode family who are central to the story and finally, a very clever title. To find out why this particular title is so apt you need to read the book. If you've never read any of Margery Allingham's books before, this is the one to start with.
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