Police at the Funeral - Softcover

Allingham, Margery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786701692 ISBN 13: 9780786701698

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994

Synopsis

In this master detective novel, Albert Campion displays the charm and skill that made him Margery Allingham's best-loved character. This time Albert steps in to try and solve the murder of Andrew Faraday. Soon he suspects that a ruthless killer is out to remove all the Faradays, one by one.

About this title

About the Author:

Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.

Review:

“Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”
–P.D. James

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0786701692
• ISBN 13: 9780786701698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227