This is the last of the official Allinghams, completed by her husband after her death. It's a combination spy and murder mystery, continuing the theme of the latter books of the old being overtaken by the new, but not laid yet.Not a favourite, but interesting enough for figuring out what motive Cam...
Here Allingham tries for a James Bond plot. It's not very successful at all. Especially irritating was the role of women in the story. Despite often producing strong female characters, there's definitely a touch of gender essentialism to Allingham's women which occasionally comes to the fore. He...
Tim Kinnit, an adopted child, is about to get married when his belief about his past (that he was a by-blow of the wealthy family who adopted him) is overturned, and the need to know who he is overwhelms romantic interest. [I note, though, that he was perfectly fine not knowing anything about his r...
This story melds old characters and new, with Campion and Amanda returning to her home village of Pontisbright, following the death of a character met in one of the first novels, and bringing along with this Charlie Luke, the powerhouse detective who has been central to more recent novels.Allingham'...
This was a good read. Campion is becomming a more rounded character as the books progress. This one centres around a family that holds a treasure on behalf of the crown and a collector who wants to acquire said treasure - not through legitimate means. The family has its own troubles, and they manage...
This was a good read. The character has clearly developed from the first appearance and is clearly now the lynchpin of the book. He is also becomming more of an individual. There are elements that could be described as Whimsey-esque, but he manages to get by without Whimsey's angst. There is an air ...
Meg Elginbrodde, a war widow for five years, is on the verge of being remarried when she starts receiving grainy contemporary photos of a man who looks very like her dead husband. Campion, a relation of Meg's, steps in to try to discover whether this is an impersonation, blackmail, or if, by some s...
this is the first in a series of books featuring Albert Campion as detective. Only it's almost as if this wasn't written with him in mind as the detective. The crime is solved by the doctor, Abbotshaw, and not actually by Campion (although it's possible he knows more than he lets on, but he certainl...
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