Author:Margery Allingham
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?
Timothy Kinnit needs the help of private detective Albert Campion. Kinnit is rich, handsome and successful, but his past is a mystery to him and he needs Campion to find out how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. In addition, his own illustrious adopted family has a sinister secret of its own - involving a murderous nineteenth-century governess - that must also be brought to light by Campion's investigations.
As urbane as Lord Wimsey…as ingenious as Poirot… Meet one of crime fiction’s Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.
Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world
—— TatlerOne of the finest 'golden age' crime novelists
—— Sunday TelegraphFaultless
—— The TimesAllingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fiction
—— Daily ExpressRaymond Chandler is a master
—— New York TimesPhilip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye
Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . A great artist
—— The Boston Book ReviewAnything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence
—— Daily TelegraphA weird and spooky tale… Pierre writes with his usual style ... a great deal of tension and an even greater deal of imagination … a smart modern take on scary stuff
—— Sunday SportSmoking-fast . . . the debut of a gifted crime writer who will only get better
—— New York TimesA pulse-pumping heist thriller
—— Rolling StoneEssential Scandi-fiction
—— Sunday ExpressThe novel is gripping. Erlendur is arguably Nordic fiction’s unhappiest and loneliest but most intriguing detective… It’s a sad disturbing book, chilling both in its setting and in the depths of human angst is explores
—— Marcel Berlins , The TimesBe warned: if you’ve ever spent time with this marvelous Scandi crime character, you’ll be hard pressed to hold back a tear
—— Siobhan Murphy , MetroThis final chapter in the Erlendur series stalks the human heart unremittingly
—— Kerry Fowler , Sainsbury's MagazineAnother riveting thriller. Tackling difficult subjects with intelligence and humanity
—— Hello MagazineA compelling summer read not to be missed
—— OK MagazineThis addictive new thriller from bestselling author Liane Moriarty weaves three stories together to a shocking and unpredictable climax
—— Take A Break MagazineIt's a hell of a good book. Funny and scary. She nails the feuding moms.
—— Stephen KingNot only an enthralling murder investigation... but a plot that is strengthened and illuminated by two of the best characters I have read for some time- reporter Sully Carter and his cohort, the streetwise gangster Sly Hastings... their exchanges are pure gold.
—— Raven Crime ReadsThis is a terrific first novel by a man with a long career in journalism. The tale builds to a dramatic conclusion, with a final unexpected and terrible twist in the tail.
—— Crime Review