Mystery Mile

by Margery Allingham

Overview

Albert Campion is sailing home when he saves the life of fellow passenger, Judge Crowdy Lobbett. Hunted by the notoriously deadly Simister gang, it seems as though the judge's troubles have followed him from America.

Determined to catch the infamous gang leader, Albert bundles the judge, along with his son Marlowe and beautiful daughter Isopel, to the manor at Mystery Mile, where he hopes to lure the villain out into the open. But the safe haven of Mystery Mile is soon invaded by danger, and when people start disappearing, the race to uncover the enigma of their enemy's true identity becomes ever more urgent.

Mystery Mile, first published in 1930, is the second Margery Allingham novel starring eccentric and well-loved amateur sleuth, Albert Campion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448216659
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/02/2018
Series:	Albert Campion
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	204,443
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Margery Allingham is ranked among the most distinguished and beloved detective fiction writers of the Golden Age alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favorite Golden Age author and Agatha Christie said of Allingham that out of all the detective stories she remembers, Margery Allingham "stands out like a shining light."

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1904

Date of Death:

June 30, 1966

Place of Birth:

London

Place of Death:

Colchester, Essex, England

Education:

Endsleigh House School, Colchester; the Perse School, Cambridge; and the Regent Street Polytechnic, London

Editorial Reviews

To Albert Campion has fallen the honor of being the first detective to feature in a story which is also by any standard a distinguished novel.” —The Observer

“Margery Allingham is notable for the energy and inventiveness of her writing.” —P.D. James

“Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie

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