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More Work for the Undertaker
Margery Allingham
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Paperback. Detective Albert Campion goes into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?
In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth.
As urbane as Lord Wimsey…as ingenious as Poirot… Meet one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099506072
SKU
V9780099506072
Shipping Time
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99-48
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 ... Read more
Reviews for More Work for the Undertaker
As addictive as cocaine, Allingham's stories feature spooky happenings and violent death
Independent
One of the finest “golden age” crime novelists
Sunday Telegraph
Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered Allingham's characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains
Times Literary Supplement
Independent
One of the finest “golden age” crime novelists
Sunday Telegraph
Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered Allingham's characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains
Times Literary Supplement