Que ce soit grâce à sa bonne étoile ou à un mauvais assassin, le juge Crowdy Lobbett de New York est toujours en vie. On ne peut pas en dire autant des quatre hommes décédés à sa place. Deux autres tentatives contre sa personne, l'une au milieu de l'Atlantique, l'autre dans une rue animée de Londres...

Novembre 1950. Les manteaux sont boutonnés, les cols relevés, tandis qu'un épais brouillard s'insinue dans les ruelles londoniennes. Meg Elginbrodde, veuve depuis cinq ans, annonce son intention de se remarier. Depuis, elle reçoit des plis très étranges : des photos récentes de son premier époux, bi...

«  L'autre reine du crime  », Le Monde Londres, 1911. La famille Barnabas, à la tête d'une prestigieuse maison d'édition, subit un premier coup du sort lorsque l'un des neveux du fondateur, Tom Barnabas, s'évapore en pleine rue, sans laisser de trace. Vingt ans plus tard, c'est un autre neveu, Paul ...

« Margery Allingham possède une qualité d'ordinaire peu associée au roman policier, l'élégance. » Agatha Christie. Wyatt Petrie, jeune aristocrate, organise un week-end festif dans son château ancestral de Black Dudley. Mais, alors que ses invités décident de rejouer un rite initiatique autour d'un...

La maison des morts étranges et autres aventures d'Albert Campion Crime à Black Dudley, Au coeur du labyrinthe, Jusqu'à la lie, La Maison des morts étranges Nouvelles : Le Chapeau magique, La Bonne Formule, La Maison fantôme, Chanson de gestes « Rasé de près, des cheveux filasse, des yeux ble...

Aux antipodes d'Hercule Poirot et des ses « petites cellules grises », voici Albert Campion. Grand, mince, le cheveu blond filasse, l'oeil bleu en permanence égaré derrière des lunettes d'écaille, il a l'air bien inoffensif. Qu'on ne s'y fie pas : cette apparente insignifiance dissimule une intellig...

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A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again. As Havoc ...

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Crime & mysteryTwo beautifully presented novels by Allingham featuring her celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion. ...

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Eric Crowther knew everybody's secrets, so there was no shortage of suspects when he was found shot at the White Cottage. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry had to look deep into everyone's past - including the dead man's - before they could be sure who had pulled the trigger. With a ...

Published as The Galantrys in America, Dance of the Years is one of Margery Allingham's oft overlooked novels. Originally published in 1943, it is a fictionalised account of Allingham's family heritage, which she insisted as the closest records of the facts. First published in 1943, Dance of t...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, private detective Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg a...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang. After four...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan state of Averna. Since that time the kin...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, private detective Albert Campio...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Jack Havoc, jail-breaker and knife artist, is on the loose on the streets of London once again. In the faded squares of shabby houses, ...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Celebrated detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he c...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? Private detective Albert Campion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker ...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? The secrets of the respected publishing house of Barnabas Ltd. stretch back many years, but when one of the directors is found dead, lo...

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