The Fashion In Shrouds

Margery Allingham

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Vintage
01 May 2006

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Classic crime

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

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, private detective Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth...

Both the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturi re and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder.

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

By: Margery Allingham
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9780099492795
ISBN 10: 0099492792
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margery Allingham was a prolific writer who sold her first story at age eight and published her first novel before turning 20. Allingham went on to become one of the preeminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s.

Reviews for The Fashion In Shrouds

"""Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered"" -- P.D. James ""Allingham's work is always of the first rank"" New York Times ""Allingham was a contemporary of Agatha Christie but her work is thought by many to be more stylish and less pedestrian, with cunning plots and witty characters"" Sunday Express ""As addictive as cocaine, Allingham's stories feature spooky happenings and violent death"" Independent"