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“Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”
–P.D. James
–P.D. James
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Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?
Synopsis
When Albert Campion is called in by the fiancee of an old college friend to investigate the disappearance of her uncle, he little expects the mysterious spate of death and dangers that follows among the bizarre inhabitants of Socrates Close, Cambridge. He and Stanislaus Oates must tread carefully, and battle some complex family dynamics, to solve the case.
Über den Autor
Margery Allingham was a prolific writer who published her first novel before turning 20. She went on to become one of the preeminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s.
