The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Coroner's Pidgin

Coroner's Pidgin

by Margery Allingham (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2006

    $11.55

  • Used

    Paperback 1987

    $5.58
Synopsis

Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman. At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring his powers of protection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures. Also available from Vintage in the Albert Campion series: Mystery Mile. Sweet Danger. Flowers for the Judge. The Case of Late Pig. The Fashion in Shrouds. Traitor's Purse. The Tiger in the Smoke.

$11.55

Save:$1.07 (9%)

Quantity

5 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 0099492784
ISBN 13: 9780099492788
Book Overview: Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

Media Reviews
Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world * Tatler *
The real queen of crime * Guardian *
Margery Allingham has precious few peers and no superiors * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
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.