China Governess - Softcover

Allingham, Margery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380705788 ISBN 13: 9780380705788

Publisher: Avon Books, 1990

Synopsis

Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Bothher passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene (Daily Telegraph )Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world (Tatler )
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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.

About this title

Product Description:

Adopted heir Timothy Kinnit hires Albert Campion to investigate his parentage before he will marry his beloved Julia, but Campion's snooping turns up a murderous old scandal that threatens to escalate into a present-day bloodbath

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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0380705788
• ISBN 13: 9780380705788
• Binding: Paperback