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Death of a Ghost
Margery Allingham
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Description for Death of a Ghost
Paperback. John Lafcadio's ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow - together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
John Lafcadio’s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow – together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience.
Albert Campion is among the cast of gadabouts, muses and socialites gathered for the latest ceremony – but art is the last thing on the sleuth’s mind when a brutal stabbing occurs….
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099593539
SKU
V9780099593539
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About Margery Allingham
Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. She sold her first story at age 8 and published her first novel before turning 20. She married the artist, journalist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. In 1928 Allingham published her first detective story, The White Cottage Mystery, and the following year, in The Crime at Black Dudley, she introduced the detective who was to become the hallmark of her sophisticated crime novels and murder mysteries - Albert Campion. Famous for her London thrillers, such as Hide My Eyes and The Tiger in the Smoke, Margery Allingham has been compared to Dickens in her evocation of the city's shady underworld. Acclaimed by crime novelists such as P.D. James, Allingham is counted alongside Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and Gladys Mitchell as a pre-eminent Golden Age crime writer. Margery Allingham died in 1966.
Reviews for Death of a Ghost
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light
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P.D. James Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction
Independent
Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene
Daily Telegraph
Agatha Christie Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered
P.D. James Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction
Independent
Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene
Daily Telegraph