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The China Governess

Margery Allingham

From Shelf: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction

In addition, his own illustrious adopted family has a sinister secret of its own - involving a murderous nineteenth-century governess - that must also be brought to light by Campion's investigations.As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?Timothy Kinnit needs the help of private detective Albert Campion. Kinnit is rich, handsome and successful, but his past is a mystery to him and he needs Campion to find out how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. In addition, his own illustrious adopted family has a sinister secret of its own - involving a murderous nineteenth-century governess - that must also be brought to light by Campion's investigations.As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
256
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
ISBN:
9780099506119
Published Date:
6/12/2007
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight:
181g
Category:
Crime & mystery

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780099506119


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