Margery Allingham Omnibus - Softcover

Allingham, Margery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140060588 ISBN 13: 9780140060584

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983

Synopsis

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

Three of Margery Allingham's classic crime stories captured in one volume, perfect for aficionados and new readers alike.

A skeleton in a dinner jacket, a man murdered in a deckchair, a dead man spotted wandering in the London fog... private detective Albert Campion is called upon to solve some most unusual crimes. This omnibus features three of the charming amateur sleuth's most intriguing cases: Sweet Danger, The Case of the Late Pig and The Tiger in the Smoke.

As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction’s Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion

About this title

Review:

"For the connoisseur of detective fiction" (Sunday Times)

"Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered" (P.D. James)

"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light" (Agatha Christie)

"Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them" (Observer)

"The real queen of crime" (Guardian)

Book Description:

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0140060588
• ISBN 13: 9780140060584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592