ALBERT
CAMPION SERIES
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THE
CRIME AT BLACK DUDLEY (US Title: THE BLACK DUDLEY MURDER)
Murder turns a weekend house party at Black Dudley
Manor into a deadly affair when the host is discovered brutally
slain. Nor do gruesome rituals, callous interrogations, and perilous
traps add to the fun. Fatal mystification might win the day, if
Albert Campion were not there to sift through the motives and clues
as with brilliant detection and his signature charm he penetrates
the heart of the crime.
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MYSTERY MILE
Judge Crowdy Lobbett knew too much about the sinister
Simister gang. So Simister had him followed wherever he went and
tried to kill him. He followed him across America across the Atlantic
to the heart of England to mystery mile where he encountered Albert
Campion.
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LOOK TO THE
LADY (US Title: THE GYRTH CHALICE MYSTERY)
As a scion of a noble house himself, Albert Campion
is aware of the importance of the Gyrth Chalice and of its place
at the center of our heritage. And when its safety is threatened
by wealthy and ruthless collectors, Campion springs to its defense.
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POLICE AT THE
FUNERAL
Uncle Andrew is dead, Aunt Julia is poisoned, Uncle
William attacked and Albert Campion once again comes to the rescue.
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SWEET DANGER
(US
Title:
KINGDOM OF DEATH) (Also
published as:
THE FEAR SIGN)
Albert
Campion poses as the king of a tinpot Balkan state looking for his
lost crown in Mentone. Guffy Randall is stolid, Nordic and logical,
but his curiosity is aroused, and he cannot resist the temptation
to join in the tantalizing treasure hunt.
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DEATH OF
A GHOST 
J.S.Lafcadio,
the painter is dead. He wanted lasting fame and he left instructions
to his wife for one painting to be exhibited every year after his
death. Eight years later in Little Venice, a group of friends and
family gather to view the painting. They are treated instead to
a murder.
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FLOWERS FOR
THE JUDGE (Also published as: LEGACY IN BLOOD)
When a director of the respected publishing house of Barnabas goes
missing, nobody sees fit to question his disappearance. But when
his corpse is discovered in the firm's strongroom the questions
are never-ending.
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THE CASE
OF THE LATE PIG
Albert
Campion was summoned to Kepesake by an anonymous message for the
funeral of Pig Peters, whom he remembered only as the sadistic school
bully of his childhood. It was an unpleasant affair, with dubious
mourners. Later, Campion is called back to Kepesake to investigate
a death.
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CAMPION, CRIMINOLOGIST |
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DANCERS IN
MOURNING (Also published as: WHO KILLED CHLOE?)
Everyone
adored Jimmy Sutane the talented song and dance man. Everyone except
a spectacularly mean and ingenious practical joker and as soon as
Albert Campion was called in to investigate, people began to die.
Chloe Pye was the first victim and there is no shortage of suspects.
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THE FASHION
IN SHROUDS
Among
the beautiful people, George Well's suicide was last year's gossip.
But Albert Campion refused to close the books on the case and soon
finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. A maze of adultery,
blackmail and espionage leads to a series of bizarre murders in
the world of the wealthy.
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MR. CAMPION
AND OTHERS
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.
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CORONER'S
PIDGIN
It
is Mr. Campion's first moment of peace after three years of nameless
service in the war. Catching his train is his only worry. But his
peace is rudely interrupted by the discovery he makes as he steps
out of the bath.
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TRAITOR'S
PURSE (Also published as: THE SABOTAGE MURDER MYSTERY)
His
memory had gone. He seemed to be in hospital, but had no idea who
he was, where he was or what had happened. They were saying he had
killed a policeman and would hang. Slipping out of bed in his pyjamas,
he grabbed an oilskin coat, set off the fire alarm and left in the
chaos.
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CASEBOOK OF MR CAMPION |
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MORE WORK
FOR THE UNDERTAKER
After
a series of coincidences, culminating in a letter from Lugg's brother-in-law,
Campion can no longer resist involvement in the eccentric Palinode
household, where there have been two suspicious deaths.
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THE
TIGER IN THE SMOKE (Classic Mystery Literature)
Meg's
marriage to self-made millionaire Geoffrey Levett promised to be
one of the season's happiest events. Until Meg began receiving photos
of her late husband Martin, who had homesumably been killed in WWII.
Meg called upon old friend Albert Campion to get to the bottom of
things. For Campion, the case was cut and dry - until a brutal triple
murder occurred.
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THE BECKONING
LADY (US Title: THE ESTATE OF THE BECKONING LADY)
Uncle
William has died, apparently of natural causes, a man lies dead
in a ditch for eight days and Mr Campion receives a message in the
language of flowers. The truth behind these events is sinister indeed,
involving the village of Pontisbright in a tangle of foul play and
cross purposes.
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TETHER'S
END (UK Title: HIDE MY EYES) (Also published as: TEN
WERE MISSING)
Beginning
with a murder on a rainy night near London's theatreland, this book
features Inspector Luke and Mr Campion. A glove and a lizard-skin
lettercase begin a trail which leads to a very strange scrap dump
in the East End, and finally to the identity of the murderer.
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THE CHINA
GOVERNESS
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.
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THE MIND
READERS
A
collaboration between businessmen and naval officers to develop
a new form of communication requires the services of Albert Campion.
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CARGO OF
EAGLES (Unfinished novel, completed by P. Youngman Carter)
Back
at the Intelligence Department, Albert Campion takes an interest
in Saltey, a remote and tight-lipped Thames estuary village. The
place has a long history of smuggling - and holds a secret rich
enough to make someone threaten, terrorize, murder and raise the
very devil to keep strangers away.
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THE ALLINGHAM
CASEBOOK
A
collection of crime stories first published in 1969, this book contains
18 crimes and features the exploits of the famous detective Albert
Campion along with his colleagues Stanislaus Oates and the policeman
Charlie Luke. The villains include the Lieabout and the man who
burnt money.
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MR. CAMPION'S
LUCKY DAY AND OTHER STORIES (Also published as: THE ALLINGHAM
MINIBUS)
This
collection of short stories includes spine-chillers enchanced with
humour. This collection includes "He was Asking After You", "Publicity",
"The Perfect Butler", "The Barbarian" and "Mr Campion's Lucky Day".
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RETURN OF MR. CAMPION |
OTHER
NON SERIES
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THE
WHITE COTTAGE MYSTERY
Seven people might have murdered Eric Crowther, the mysterious recluse
who lived in the gaunt house whose shadow fell across the white
cottage. In this novel Detective Chief Inspector Challenor and his
son Jerry travel across Europe to unravel a chaos of clues.
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BLACK PLUMES When
Frances Ivory told her grandmother "there's something going on"
down at the gallery off St James's, it was an understatement. It
was not just the little things - the broken Kang-Tse vase, a painting
slashed - it was the climate of evil closing in on an old and respected
business.
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TAKE TWO
AT BEDTIME (US Title: DEADLY DUO)
Two
stories of tension and suspense. One concerns a young woman hired
as "a sort of social secretary", but who has no idea of the atmosphere
of evil that goes with the job. The other concerns the last act
in the career of an old French actress, who names her murderer before
the final curtain.
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| THE
DARING OF THE RED ROSE |
WRITTEN
AS MAXWELL MARCH
| OTHER
MAN'S DANGER (US
Title:
THE MAN OF DANGEROUS SECRETS) |
RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING
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