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I misteri di Albert Campion Serie

Questa serie segue un detective affascinante e intelligente di nobile stirpe mentre naviga nelle complessità del crimine nella vibrante Londra, spesso accompagnato dal suo fedele assistente. La prosa magistrale dell'autrice e il suo acuto senso del dettaglio atmosferico danno vita a ogni mistero con suspense e rigore intellettuale. I lettori apprezzeranno le intricate trame, gli studi sfumati dei personaggi e l'arguzia sottile intessuta nelle indagini. È una raccolta per eccellenza per coloro che apprezzano la narrativa poliziesca classica con un fascino sofisticato e senza tempo.

Death of a Ghost
Sweet Danger
Police at the Funeral
Look to the Lady
Mystery Mile
The crime at Black Dudley

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. The crime at Black Dudley

    • 240pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    THE FIRST CAMPION MYSTERY 'Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light' Agatha Christie A suspicious death and a haunted family heirloom were not advertised when Dr George Abbershaw and a groupof London's brightest young things accepted an invitation to the mansion of Black Dudley. Skulduggery is most certainly afoot, and the party-goers soon realise that they're trapped in the secluded house. Amongst them is a stranger who promises to unravel the villainous plots behind their incarceration - but can George and his friends trust the peculiar young man who calls himself Albert Campion?

    The crime at Black Dudley1
    3,7

  2. Mystery Mile

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. The enigmatic amateur sleuth bundles the Judge off to the country house of Mystery Mile, where it's a race against time to keep the Simister posse at bay - and to pinpoint the identity of the mastermind behind their criminal empire...

    Mystery Mile2
    3,9

  4. Police at the Funeral

    • 256pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. No time is wasted in summoning Albert Campion and his sleuthing skills away from the bustle of Piccadilly to investigate - but little does he expect to be greeted by a band of eccentric relatives all at daggers with each other.

    Police at the Funeral4
    3,9

  5. Sweet Danger

    • 288pagine
    • 11 ore di lettura

    Aristocratic detective Albert Campion is called upon by the British government to establish ownership of the tiny, oil-rich principality of Averna on the Adriatic Coast. The titled but impoverished Fitton family lay claim to it, but the deeds are nowhere to be found. With the help of his loyal chums and sidekick, retired cat burglar Magersfontein Lugg, Campion must pit his wits against a criminal financier and his heavies in order to unearth the truth.A quintessential Golden Age detective story and utterly gripping thriller, Sweet Danger displays Margery Allingham at her absolute best.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

    Sweet Danger5
    4,0

  6. Death of a Ghost

    The great artist John Lafcadio has been dead for 18 years and for the last 8 years his wife has organised a one painting exhibition of his remaining unseen work to keep his reputation alive. It is at the eighth gathering, that a young artist, Thomas Dacre, is murdered. Once the obvious suspects, Dacre's girlfriend Linda Lafcadio, and the art dealer Max Fustian, who makes a seemingly frivolous confession are dismissed, the case remains unsolved and hushed up. However, when the works and possessions of the murdered artist start to disappear and a further murder takes place in the Lafcadio extended household, the detective Albert Campion learns more about the dead artist's paintings and the identity of the murderer.

    Death of a Ghost6
    3,1

  7. Flowers for the Judge

    One morning, Tom Barnabas of the publishers Barnabas & Company left his house as usual, then simply vanished. Twenty years later, his cousin Paul, now head of the company, meets an untimely death. To solve Paul's murder, Campion has to go back two decades and sort through a legacy of treachery to solve a case sure to be one of his most difficult.

    Flowers for the Judge7
    4,0

  8. Campion: The Case of the Late Pig

    • 138pagine
    • 5 ore di lettura

    Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.

    Campion: The Case of the Late Pig8
    3,5

  9. Dancers in mourning

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYWhen song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there's only one man who can get to the bottom of the apparent vendetta against the music hall darling - Albert Campion.

    Dancers in mourning9
    3,3

  10. The Fashion In Shrouds

    • 288pagine
    • 11 ore di lettura

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. After another body, private detective Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth... Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturiere and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder.

    The Fashion In Shrouds10
    3,8

  11. Traitor's Purse

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancee, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England is at stake.

    Traitor's Purse11
    4,0

  12. Coroner's Pidgin

    • 256pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his manservant, has brought him an unusual gift from Edna, Dowager Marchioness of Carados: the black silk nightdress-clad body of a dead woman, an apparent suicide, found in her son's bed the night before his wedding. All the books from Albert Campion series are standalone titles and can be read in any order.

    Coroner's Pidgin12
    3,8

  13. More Work for the Undertaker

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'.In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths.

    More Work for the Undertaker13
    4,0

  14. The Tiger in the Smoke

    Jack Havoc, jail-breaker and knife artist, is on the loose. It falls to Albert Campion to pit his wits against the killer and hunt him down through the city’s November smog before it is too late. Cover image from 1972 reprint

    The Tiger in the Smoke14
    3,5

  15. The Beckoning Lady

    • 244pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    Campion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand's fabulous summer party, a murder is discovered and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspicion and deduction with all his imagination and skill.

    The Beckoning Lady15
    3,9

  16. Hide My Eyes

    The path that a murderer takes to reach his victim is fraught with risk. So whoever killed Matt Phillipson on that rainy night in London’s theatreland must ensure that he was not spotted. When Polly Tassie, owner of a museum of curiosities, is offered a ride home in a taxi, she does not realise she is being deliberately removed from the scene. Inspector Luke and the deceptively sharp-eyed Mr Campion make a bizarre but accurate connection that leads them along a mysterious chain of clues: that the two old people huddled on a bus as the murderer went to work were not in fact witnesses, but waxworks… ‘The book’s great, gripping virtue is its Dickensian love for London, and its Dickensian gusto: they give an extra dimension to a splendid thriller.’ —Spectator

    Hide My Eyes16
    3,8

  17. The China Governess

    • 272pagine
    • 10 ore di lettura

    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.

    The China Governess17
    3,6

  18. The Mind Readers

    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? But the device at the centre of the mystery is in the possession of two schoolboys and whether they stole it or invented it, there are powerful interests who will kill to get hold of it.

    The Mind Readers18
    3,1

  19. Cargo of Eagles

    In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole for all manner of villains. Astonishingly, it is the early 1960s, and Saltey, like many English coastal towns, is being over-run by teenage gangs. But that's not why Albert Campion — now, astonishingly, in late middle-age — has persuaded Lugg to take up residence. His interest lies in part with the just-out-of-prison thief who has (in time-honored tradition) gone to ground in Saltey. But his most passionate interest is reserved for the curious, newly revived story of the Saltey Demon. All books in the Albert Campion series are standalone titles and can be read in any order.

    Cargo of Eagles19
    4,0

  20. Mr Campion's Farthing

    Inglewood Turrets, an expensive anachronism in the leafy outskirts of North London is a cross between St Pancreas Station and Holloway Gaol, and the house where the formidable Miss Charlotte Cambric recreates Victorian elegance for foreign culture-vultures. Vassily Kopeck, the half-Russian, half-Polish physicist and an 'attache of sorts', disappears as effectively as a cat who turns a corner in a London fog after a visit to The Turrets - and thereby becomes a wanted man. Then Felix Perdreau, the flamboyant rare book dealer and friend of Kopek also goes missing. Making a case for Albert Campion, who cannot resist a mystery?

    Mr Campion's Farthing20

  21. Mr. Campion's Quarry

    refined, cultured upper class dabbling in sleuthing and darned good at it. The kind of book to be read after dinner with a fire going in the fireplace, a glass of sherry and a biscuit or two. A delightful British whodunit whether read or watched.

    Mr. Campion's Quarry21
    3,4

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  • The Return of Mr Campion

    Uncollected Stories

    • 224pagine
    • 8 ore di lettura

    A collection of stories featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion - hero of a BBC series - from what many consider to be the golden age of the detective story. Margery Allingham was the author of over twenty novels and story collections, including "Sweet Danger" and "Police at the Funeral".

    The Return of Mr Campion
    4,0

  • The Allingham Case-Book

    Eighteen succulent mysteries from the Queen of Crime, guaranteed to baffle the most ingenious of armchair detectives - and even, at times, the imperturbable Albert Campion himself. Enjoy Margery Allingham at her witty best as she spins delicious tales of high risk heists and domestic deceptions in this exquisite short story collection. CONTENTS : Tall Story Three is a Lucky Number The Villa Marie Celeste The Psychologist Little Miss Know-All One Morning They'll Hang Him The Lieabout Face Value Evidence in Camera Joke Over The Lying-in-State The Pro and the Con Is There a Doctor in the House? The Border-Line Case They Never Get Caught The Mind's Eye Mystery Mum Knows Best The Snapdragon and the C. I. D. 'A perfectly splendid collection of short stories, richly imbred with that unique flavour Miss Allingham distilled so well' - H. R. F. Keating

    The Allingham Case-Book
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  • Mr. Campion and Others

    • 288pagine
    • 11 ore di lettura

    An old-time baker’s dozen of stories, in which Mr Albert Campion—with or without the help of the lugubrious Superintendent Oates—relieves friends and acquaintances from the inconveniences of assault, blackmail, confidence tricks and the like. As the Superintendent remarked at the close of a short, sharp case of espionage: ‘Campion, you frighten me. Something looks after you.’ Something does, and it’s generally Campion’s legion of disreputable friendsContents: The widow — The name on the wrapper — The hat trick — The question mark — The old man in the window — The white elephant — The Frenchman’s gloves — The longer view — Safe as houses — The definite article — The meaning of the act — A matter of form — The danger point

    Mr. Campion and Others
    3,5

  • The Allingham Minibus

    “How many of the detective stories you read do you remember?” Not very many. And there Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. In this collection of eighteen short stories, Queen of Crime Margery Allingham dabbles in the occult, the mysterious, and the murderous. Always the perceptive observer, Allingham fills these stories with astute characterisations, brilliant humour, and her classic wit. With a tribute by Agatha Christie, this Golden Age collection is sure to dazzle and delight fans of this master of detective fiction. The Allingham Minibus was first published in 1973 and has also been published as Mr Campion’s Lucky Day and Other Stories.

    The Allingham Minibus
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