Death of a Ghost
  • Published: 15 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780099593539
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99

Death of a Ghost

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7 May 2015
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15 May 2015
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Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

John Lafcadio’s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow – together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience.

Albert Campion is among the cast of gadabouts, muses and socialites gathered for the latest ceremony – but art is the last thing on the sleuth’s mind when a brutal stabbing occurs….
  • Published: 15 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780099593539
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Margery Allingham

Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. She sold her first story at age 8 and published her first novel before turning 20. She married the artist, journalist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. In 1928 Allingham published her first detective story, The White Cottage Mystery, and the following year, in The Crime at Black Dudley, she introduced the detective who was to become the hallmark of her sophisticated crime novels and murder mysteries - Albert Campion. Famous for her London thrillers, such as Hide My Eyes and The Tiger in the Smoke, Margery Allingham has been compared to Dickens in her evocation of the city's shady underworld. Acclaimed by crime novelists such as P.D. James, Allingham is counted alongside Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and Gladys Mitchell as a pre-eminent Golden Age crime writer. Margery Allingham died in 1966.

Also by Margery Allingham

The Tiger In The Smoke (Heroes & Villains)
Mr Campion & Others
Look To The Lady
The Crime At Black Dudley
Dancers In Mourning
Cargo Of Eagles
The China Governess
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Praise for Death of a Ghost

Always of the elect, Allingham now towers above them

Observer

Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered

P.D. James

Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light

Agatha Christie

A rare and precious talent

Washington Post

Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction

Independent

Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene

Daily Telegraph
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