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Police at the Funeral
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Series: Albert Campion Mysteries
Mystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 1504092376
ISBN13: 9781504092371
Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thri
Published: Nov 14 2023
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781504092371
Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thri
Published: Nov 14 2023
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From the Golden Age mystery author comes a richly detailed and entertaining romp, with a fascinating resolution and an unconventional and winning sleuth (Chicago Tribune). Albert Campion heads to Cambridge as a favor to a friend, whose fiancée is employed by the elderly Faraday family, to investigate the disappearance of her uncle Andrew. What the self-proclaimed Deputy-Adventurer finds is foul play of the most heinous kind: murder. Andrew is found floating in a river, bound and shot in the head. Needless to say, in a household of unlikable characters--presided over by an authoritarian widow--he's not sorely missed. But fear has pervaded the dour family, bringing up decades of suppressed hatreds, petty jealousies, and nasty impulses--all of which lead to a second shocking killing. As the number of Faradays dwindle, so should the number of suspects. But Campion discovers that in a family this dysfunctional, it's hard to stop what hatred has set in motion. Praise for Margery Allingham Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. --Agatha Christie The best of mystery writers. --The New Yorker Allingham was a rare and precious talent. --The Washington Post Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered. --P. D. James, New York Times-bestselling author Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction. --The Independent
From the Golden Age mystery author comes a richly detailed and entertaining romp, with a fascinating resolution and an unconventional and winning sleuth (Chicago Tribune). Albert Campion heads to Cambridge as a favor to a friend, whose fiancée is employed by the elderly Faraday family, to investigate the disappearance of her uncle Andrew. What the self-proclaimed Deputy-Adventurer finds is foul play of the most heinous kind: murder. Andrew is found floating in a river, bound and shot in the head. Needless to say, in a household of unlikable characters--presided over by an authoritarian widow--he's not sorely missed. But fear has pervaded the dour family, bringing up decades of suppressed hatreds, petty jealousies, and nasty impulses--all of which lead to a second shocking killing. As the number of Faradays dwindle, so should the number of suspects. But Campion discovers that in a family this dysfunctional, it's hard to stop what hatred has set in motion. Praise for Margery Allingham Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. --Agatha Christie The best of mystery writers. --The New Yorker Allingham was a rare and precious talent. --The Washington Post Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered. --P. D. James, New York Times-bestselling author Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction. --The Independent
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