The China Governess: A Mystery (Penguin Classic Crime S.) - Softcover

Allingham, Margery

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9780140166194: The China Governess: A Mystery (Penguin Classic Crime S.)

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ISBN 10: 014016619X ISBN 13: 9780140166194

Publisher: Penguin, 1993

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Timothy Kinnit had everything - wealth and good looks. Then it happened: he learned he was adopted. His search in London for the facts of his birth involves a tale of evacuation and a mentally deficient youth, drags up a murder and sets off another, before Albert Campion can reveal the truth.

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Review:

"Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world" (Tatler)

"One of the finest 'golden age' crime novelists" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Faultless" (The Times)

"Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fiction" (Daily Express)

Book Description:

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

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