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” I love Allingham most [of all the Queens of Crime], because she wrote best and is most surprising and satisfactory as a tale-teller… One of Allingham’s great gifts, or skills, is the conveying of intent human energy, the opposite quality of the languid young men… Allingham can do both good and evil convincingly. But her nature is generous – her readers must understand as well as shudder at these truly nasty persons.” A. S. Byatt
Margery Allingham is revered and loved by readers. Her novels are intelligent, sophisticated, full of insight into characters and deviousness in terms of plot. A real treat to read and joy to discover. Her protagonist, Albert Campion first appeared as a supporting character in The Crime at Black Dudley, an adventure story involving a ring of criminals, and would go on to feature in another 18 novels and over 20 short stories.
1923 – Blackerchief Dick 1928 – The White Cottage Mystery 1929 – The Crime at Black Dudley 1930 – Mystery Mile 1931 – Look to the Lady 1933 – Sweet Danger 1933 – Other Man’s Danger (under pseudonym, Maxwell March) 1934 – Death of a Ghost 1935 – Rogue’s Holiday (under pseudonym, Maxwell March) 1936 – The Shadow in the House (under pseudonym, Maxwell March) 1936 – Flowers for the Judge 1937 – Dancers in Mourning 1938 – The Fashion in Shrouds 1938 – Mr. Campion and Others (short stories) 1940 – Black Plumes 1941 – The Oaken Heart (autobiographical) 1941 – Traitor’s Purse 1943 – Dance of the Years 1945 – Coroner’s Pidgin 1946 – Wanted: Someone Innocent (short stories) 1947 – The Casebook of Mr Campion (short stories) 1948 – More Work for the Undertaker 1949 – Deadly Duo (UK – Take Two at Bedtime (1950)) – two novellas – Wanted: Someone Innocent and Last Act 1952 – The Tiger in the Smoke 1954 – No Love Lost – two novellas – The Patient at Peacocks Hall and Safer Than Love 1955 – The Beckoning Lady 1958 – Hide My Eyes 1963 – The China Governess 1965 – The Mind Readers 1968 – Cargo Eagles (completed by Philip Youngman Carter) 1969 – Mr Mr. Campion’s Farthing (1969) (by Philip Youngman Carter) Died – 30 June 1966 1969 – The Allingham Case-Book (short stories) 1995 – The Darings of the Red Rose (originally an anonymously-published serial) 1999 – Room to Let: A Radio-Play ALBERT CAMPION SERIES THE CRIME AT BLACK DUDLEY MYSTERY MILE LOOK OT THE LADY POLICE AT THE FUNERAL SWEET DANGER DEATH OF A GHOST FLOWERS FOR THE JUDGE DANCERS IN MOURNING CASE OF THE LATE PIG FASHION IN THE SHROUDS TRAITOR’S PURSE CORONER’S PIDGIN MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER TIGER IN THE SMOKE THE BECKONING LADY HIDE MY EYES THE CHINA GOVERNESS THE MIND READERS CARGO OF EAGLES OTHER WORKS BLACK PLUMES BLACKERCHIEF DICK THE WHITE COTTAGE MYSTERY THE OAKEN HEART DANCE OF THE YEARS WANTED: SOMEONE INNOCENT (SHORT STORIES DEADLY DUO (TWO NOVELLAS) NO LOVE LOST (TWO NOVELLAS) THE ALLINGHAM CASE BOOK (SHORT STORIES) THE DARINGS OF THE RED ROSE THREE IS A LUCKY NUMBER