Dancers in Mourning
IPSO Books (Verlag)
978-1-911295-15-0 (ISBN)
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When song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there's only one man who can get to the bottom of the apparent vendetta against the music hall darling — Albert Campion.
Soon, however, the backstage pranks escalate and an ageing starlet is killed.
Under pressure to uncover the culprit and plagued by his growing feelings for Sutane's wife, Campion finds himself uncomfortably embroiled in an investigation which tests his ingenuity and integrity to the limit.
"Allingham's work is always of the first rank." (New York Times)
"The real queen of crime." (Guardian)
"Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fiction." (Daily Express)
"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light." (Agatha Christie)
"Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world." (Tatler)
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. Titled 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.
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Albert Campion Mysteries |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane |
ISBN-10 | 1-911295-15-2 / 1911295152 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-911295-15-0 / 9781911295150 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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