THE CRIME AT BLACK DUDLEY (US Title: THE BLACK DUDLEY MURDER)

MYSTERY MILE

LOOK TO THE LADY (US Title: THE GYRTH CHALICE MYSTERY)

POLICE AT THE FUNERAL

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

THE MIND READERS

A collaboration between businessmen and naval officers to develop a new form of communication requires the services of Albert Campion.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.