Mystery Mile (Audio)
ISBN:
9780745157283 (0745157289)
Publish date: January 1st 1996
Publisher: Chivers
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
20th Century,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Crime,
Suspense,
Cozy Mystery,
Golden Age Mystery
Series: Albert Campion 9 (#2)
Quite good, reminded me of Edgar Wallace's books. I didn't care much about Campion's humour. Gorgeous cover of the Estonian edition
I started the new year with a minor Allingham binge and, having now read a fair number of her Campion mysteries (12, i.e. 2/3 of the 18 novels that she herself completed), I think I can safely say that while I won't ever like this series as much as I do those of Christie, Sayers, and Marsh, when All...
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 ...
Tries very hard to be poor man's Lord Peter Wimsey, fails completely.
Although still concerned with international crime syndicates, Mystery Mile is a good, page-turning mystery, and a thorough-going introduction to Albert Campion as main character (rather than bit part). There's an almost Holmesian quality to these stories and it's hard not to be charmed by Campion, ...
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