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This page lists books by and about Margery Allingham.

Many of the novels listed have been published many times. The cover images shown are, where possible, the first UK edition and a recent mass market paperback edition.

By Margery Allingham:
- novels / short story collections
- collected editions
- autobiography / non-fiction

About Margery Allingham:
- biography / critical

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Blackkerchief Dick

Margery Allingham

1923

Also published by Kaye and Ward (1974) and Bloomsbury Reader (2013).

"A historical novel about smugglers set on Mersea Island in the 17th century inspired by a series of seances held by the Allingham family while on holiday on Mersea."

The White Cottage Mystery

Margery Allingham

1928

"Eric Crowther collected secrets and used them as weapons. Delighting in nothing more than torturing those around him with what he knew, there is no shortage of suspects when he is found dead in the White Cottage. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry will have to look deep into everyone's past - including the victim's - before they can be sure who has pulled the trigger. The fact that Jerry is in love with one of the suspects, however, might complicate things. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, originally written as a serial for the Daily Express in 1927 and published as a book a year later."

The Crime at Black Dudley

Margery Allingham

1929

"A suspicious death and a haunted family heirloom were not advertised when Dr George Abbershaw and a groupof London's brightest young things accepted an invitation to the mansion of Black Dudley. Skulduggery is most certainly afoot, and the party-goers soon realise that they're trapped in the secluded house. Amongst them is a stranger who promises to unravel the villainous plots behind their incarceration - but can George and his friends trust the peculiar young man who calls himself Albert Campion?"

Mystery Mile

Margery Allingham

1930

"Judge Crowdy Lobbett is a man of justice, an upstanding pillar of American society. And now he's a man in deadly peril, tailed across the Atlantic by the ruthless Simister gang. Luckily for Judge Lobbett, however, he makes the acquaintance of one Albert Campion during his voyage to England. The enigmatic amateur sleuth bundles the Judge off to the country house of Mystery Mile, where it's a race against time to keep the Simister posse at bay - and to pinpoint the identity of the mastermind behind their criminal empire."

Look to the Lady

Margery Allingham

1931

Originally published in the US with the title The Gyrth Chalice Mystery.

"Finding himself the victim of a botched kidnapping attempt, Val Gyrth suspects that he might be in a spot of trouble. Unexpected news to him - but not to the mysterious Mr Campion, who reveals that the ancient Chalice entrusted to Val's family is being targeted by a ruthless ring of thieves. Fleeing London for the supposed safety of Suffolk, Val and Campion come face to face with events of a perilous and puzzling nature - Campion might be accustomed to outwitting criminal minds, but can he foil supernatural forces?"

Police at the Funeral

Margery Allingham

1931

"The tranquility of Cambridge is punctured when Cousin Andrew of the illustrious Faraday family disappears without a trace. No time is wasted in summoning Albert Campion and his sleuthing skills away from the bustle of Piccadilly to investigate – but little does he expect to be greeted by a band of eccentric relatives all at daggers with each other. Soon there are as many dead bodies as there are red herrings, and Campion must uncover the secrets of the Faraday dynasty before another victim falls."

Sweet Danger

Margery Allingham

1933

Originally published in the US with the title Kingdom Of Death. Some later US editions have the title The Fear Sign.

"Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly - and suspiciously - become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership. His mission takes him from the French Riviera to the sleepy village of Pontisbright, where he meets the flame-haired Amanda Fitton. Her family claim to be the rightful heirs to the principality, and insist on joining Campion's quest. Unfortunately for them, a criminal financier and his heavies are also on the trail - the clock is ticking for Campion and his cohorts to outwit the thugs and solve the mystery of Averna."

Other Man's Danger

Maxwell March (aka Margery Allingham)

1933

Death of a Ghost

Margery Allingham

1934

"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."

Rogues' Holiday

Maxwell March (aka Margery Allingham)

1935

"Inspector David Blest has two choices, jump or die. Trapped aboard a motor boat with a pistol to his head and the life of his unconscious companion on the line, he’d better make his decision quick. On the trail of the mysterious death of a gentleman in the Senior Buffs Club, young Inspector Blest is led to a fashionable seaside resort on the English coast, where the locals appear all too happy to help his investigation. Things take a turn when Blest meets Judy Wellington, an apparently sickly young woman desperate to escape her past. But who is Judy Wellington? What exactly is she running from? And how has Blest found himself the murderer’s next target?"

Flowers for the Judge

Margery Allingham

1936

"Scandal, secrets and suspicions abound when one of the directors at the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas is found dead, locked in the company’s strongroom. All eyes are on the other partners at the firm – cousins of the dead man with much to gain from his demise – and all rumours hint at a connection to the disappearance of another director decades earlier. Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion – but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it forever?"

The Shadow In The House

Maxwell March (aka Margery Allingham)

1936

Mr Campion: Criminologist

Margery Allingham

1937

A collection of seven novellas and short stories. Originally published only in the US. Appears not to have been published after the 1970's.

The contents are:

• The Case Of The Late Pig
• The Case Of The Man With The Sack
• The Borderline Case
• The Case Of The Widow
• The Case Of The Pro And Con
• The Case Of The Old Man In The Window
• The Case Of The White Elephant

The Case of the Late Pig

Margery Allingham

1937

"Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime."

Dancers in Mourning

Margery Allingham

1937

"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."

The Fashion in Shrouds

Margery Allingham

1938

"First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body, private detective Albert Campion nearly makes a fourth... Both the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturière and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder."

Mr Campion and Others

Margery Allingham

1939

There may be variations in the contents between different editions of this collection.

"A baker’s dozen of cases, each putting Albert Campion through his paces. In this miscellany of villainy, our unconventional sleuth must contend with misbehaving debutantes, sinister smuggling rings, a Dowager Countess who’s not all that she seems, an SOS message daubed in lipstick, a beleaguered New York socialite, and an elderly Egyptologist indulging in some bad behaviour."

• The Widow
• The Name on the Wrapper
• The Hat Trick
• The Question Mark
• The Old Man in the Window
• The White Elephant
• The Frenchman's Gloves
• The Longer View
• Safe As Houses
• The Definite Article
• The Meaning of the Act
• A Matter of Form
• The Danger Point

Black Plumes

Margery Allingham

1940

"The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, one of the most prestigious art galleries in the world – followed by the murder of the proprietor’s son-in-law, Robert, sets the stage for another finely tuned Allingham mystery. The proprietor’s mother, 90-year-old Gabrielle Ivory, holds the key to the web of intrigue and danger that permeates the gallery. Gabrielle Ivory was once a society beauty. But now, nearing 90, she’s largely disregarded by the younger members of the Ivory clan, who like to imagine Granny as rather a relic of a dead era. That’s a mistake, and it’s not their only one. A series of malicious attacks is threatening the Ivory Gallery in London. Robert Ivory and his high-strung wife, frantic to preserve the status-quo, want to chalk it all up to practical jokes gone wrong. But Gabrielle is not inclined to collude in this delusion. A brilliant standalone mystery."

Traitor's Purse

Margery Allingham

1941

"Celebrated detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancée, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England is at stake."

Dance of the Years

Margery Allingham

1943

Originally published in the US as The Galantrys.

"Dance of the Years is one of Margery Allingham's oft overlooked novels. Originally published in 1943, it is a fictionalised account of Allingham's family heritage, which she insisted as the closest records of the facts."

Coroner's Pidgin

Margery Allingham

1945

"Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, private detective Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman. At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring his powers of protection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures."

Wanted: Someone Innocent

Margery Allingham

1946

A collection of short stories published only in the US. The contents are:

• He Was Asking After You
• The Sexton's Wife
• 'Tis Not Hereafter
• Wanted: Someone Innocent

The Case-Book of Mr Campion

Margery Allingham

1947

A collection of seven short stories published only in the US. The contents are:

• The Definite Article
• The Question Mark
• The Crimson Letters
• The Magic Hat
• A Matter of Form
• The Meaning of the Act
• Safe as Houses

More Work for the Undertaker

Margery Allingham

1948

"In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth."

Take Two at Bedtime

Margery Allingham

1949

Published by Doubleday in the US as Deadly Duo. Recent publications in both countries use the Deadly Duo title.

"Two stories of tension and suspense. One concerns a young woman hired as "a sort of social secretary", but who has no idea of the atmosphere of evil that goes with the job. The other concerns the last act in the career of an old French actress, who names her murderer before the final curtain."

• Wanted: Someone Innocent
• Last Act

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The Tiger in the Smoke

Margery Allingham

1952

"A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again. As Havoc stalks the smog-cloaked alleyways of the city, it falls to Albert Campion to hunt down the fugitive and put a stop to his rampage - before it's too late."

No Love Lost

Margery Allingham

1954

"Comprising of two short novellas No Love Lost is a thrilling work of suspense. In The Patient at Peacock's Hall a young female doctor, struggling to save the life of her rival in love, is threatened by a cunning madman, driven to his madness by the woman Dr Ann Fowler is caring for. In Safer than Love Elizabeth Lane marries a safe and secure headmaster to escape a more dangerous love, but finds husband's body stuffed down a well - and herself as the chief suspect."

The Beckoning Lady

Margery Allingham

1955

Originally published in the US as The Estate of the Beckoning Lady.

"Private detective Albert Campion's glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand's fabulous summer party a murder is discovered and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspicion and deduction with all his imagination and skill."

Hide My Eyes

Margery Allingham

1958

Originally published in the US as Tether's End.

"In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer. A spate of murders leaves him and his friend and colleague Inspector Luke, with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin lettercase. However, a chain of strange events leads them to an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet London neighbourhood where more is going on than meets the eye."

The China Governess

Margery Allingham

1963

"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."

The Mind Readers

Margery Allingham

1965

"Fact catches up with fiction when the secret of telepathic communication is discovered. But the device at the centre of the mystery is in the possession of two schoolboys and whether they stole it or invented it, there are powerful interests who will kill to get hold of it. Private detective Albert Campion faces as deadly a challenge as any in his career."

Cargo of Eagles

Margery Allingham

1968

Completed by Philip Youngman Carter.

"Private detective Albert Campion sets out to plumb the secrets of Saltey, an ancient hamlet on the Essex marshes. Once the haunt of smugglers, it now hides a secret rich and mysterious enough to trap all who enter - and someone in the village is willing to terrorise, murder and raise the very devil to keep that secret to themselves."

The Allingham Casebook

Margery Allingham

1969

"Eighteen delightful mysteries from the Queen of Crime, guaranteed to baffle the most ingenious of armchair detectives - and even, at times, the imperturbable Albert Campion himself. Enjoy Margery Allingham at her witty best as she spins delicious tales of high-risk heists and domestic deceptions in this exquisite short story collection."

• Tall Story
• Three is a Lucky Number
• The Villa Marie Celeste
• The Psychologist
• Little Miss Know-All
• One Morning They’ll Hang Him
• The Lieabout
• Face Value
• Evidence in Camera
• Joke Over
• The Lying-in-State
• The Pro and the Con
• Is There a Doctor in the House?
• The Border-line Case
• They Never Get Caught
• The Mind’s Eye Mystery
• Mum Knows Best
• The Snapdragon and the C.I.D.

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The Allingham Minibus

Margery Allingham

1973

A second collection of short stories from Chatto & Windus. The contents are:

• The Perfect Butler
• The Barbarian
• Mr. Campion's Lucky Day
• 'Tis Not Hereafter
• The Correspondents
• He Preferred Them Sad
• The Unseen Door
• Bird Thou Never Wert
• The Same To Us
• She Heard It On The Radio
• The Man With The Sack
• The Secret
• A Quarter Of A Million
• The Pioneers
• The Sexton's Wife
• The Wink

The Return of Mr Campion: Uncollected Stories

Margery Allingham

1989

"An anthology of previously uncollected mystery stories includes a number of tales featuring the inimitable Albert Campion."

• Introduction (J.E. Morpurgo)
• "The Case is Altered
• My Friend Mr Campion
• The Dog Day
• The Wind Glass
• The Beauty King
• The Black Tent
• Sweet and Low
• Once in a Lifetime
• "The Kernel of Truth
• Happy Christmas
• The Wisdom of Esdras
• The Curious Affair in Nut Row
• What to do with an Ageing Detective

Mr Campion's Lucky Day And Other Stories

Margery Allingham

1992

Published in the US by Carroll & Graf in 1993.

The contents are:

• The Perfect Butler
• The Barbarian
• Mr. Campion's Lucky Day
• 'Tis Not Hereafter
• The Correspondents
• He Preferred Them Sad
• The Unseen Door
• Bird Thou Never Wert
• The Same To Us
• She Heard it on the Radio
• The Man With the Sack
• The Secret
• A Quarter of a Million
• The Pioneers
• The Sexton's Wife
• The Wink

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The Darings of the Red Rose

Margery Allingham

1995

A collection of stories originally published anonymously in Weekly Welcome magazine in the 1930's.

Room to Let

Margery Allingham

1999

A radio play that was first broadcast on the BBC in 1947.

Crime And Mr Campion

Margery Allingham

1959?

May have been published at an earlier date.

A US publication that collects together three novels: Death of a Ghost; Flowers For The Judge; and Dancers In Mourning.

Three Cases For Mr Campion

Margery Allingham

1961

May have been published at an earlier date.

A US publication that collects together three novels: The Gyrth Chalice Mystery; Fashion in Shrouds; and Traitor's Purse.

The Mysterious Mr Campion: An Allingham Omnibus

Margery Allingham

1963

Collects together three novels: The Case of the Late Pig; Dancers in Mourning; and A Tiger in the Smoke; and the short story On Christmas Day in the Morning.

Mr Campion's Lady: The Second Allingham Omnibus

Margery Allingham

1965

Collects together three novels: Sweet Danger; The Fashion in Shrouds; and Traitor's Purse; and the short story Word in Season.

Mr Campion's Clowns: The Third Allingham Omnibus

Margery Allingham

1967

Collects together three novels: Mystery Mile; Coroner's Pidgin; and More Work for the Undertaker; and a memoir by Philip Youngman Carter.

The Margery Allingham Omnibus

Margery Allingham

1983

Collects together three novels: Mystery Mile; The Crime at Black Dudley; and Look to the Lady.

Margery Allingham Omnibus

Margery Allingham

2006

Collects together three novels: Sweet Danger; The Case of the Late Pig; and The Tiger in the Smoke.

The Oaken Heart

Margery Allingham

1941

"The Oaken Heart is Margery Allingham's only published work of non-fiction. It was written over the 'noisy bomb-filled winter' of 1940 - 1941 but covers the period from August 1938 when war first seemed a real possibility. Allingham was living in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy which she nicknamed 'Auburn' after Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village. She was already an established detective novelist when war broke out in 1939 but quickly found herself acting as village billeting officer and first aid organiser. Her house became the Air Raid Precautions Post and it was not long before troops were billeted there - officers in the house, two hundred men in the strip of meadow she was keeping to make hay. Allingham was at work on a thriller, Traitor's Purse, but found it harder and harder to concentrate on fiction when the world around her was threatening to become a thriller in its own right. She expressed some of her emotions in her diary, others in letters to her American publisher. He was so impressed that he asked her to extend her reports into a book in order that his fellow citizens could gain some understanding of what the war felt like to the ordinary British people. "She speaks for England, I think" he wrote to a colleague. Allingham's account focussed on the process of mental 'hardening-up' that she and her neighbours experienced as they realised firstly that war was inevitable and secondly that invasion was a real possibility."

Campion's Career: A Study of the Novels of Margery Allingham

B.A. Pike

1987

Ink in Her Blood: The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham

Richard Martin

1988

"Traces the life of the popular writer, looks at how she helped develop the modern mystery, and analyzes her major works."

Margery Allingham: A Biography

Julia Thorogood

1991

A revised edition of this book was published as The Adventures of Margery Allingham in 2009.

"An examination of the life and work of crime writer Margery Allingham. The book draws on previously undisclosed records, letters and other documentation."

Margery Allingham: 100 Years of a Great Mystery Writer

Editor: Marianne Van Hoevan

2004

The contents are.

Foreword/Introduction:

• Foreword: Margery Allingham: an appreciation (Sara Paretsky)
• Introduction: Children not Sausages (Andrew Taylor)

• The Education of a Writer: Margery Allingham at Home and School (Marianne van Hoeven)
• The Rescue of the Rainclouds (Margery Allingham)

• The Apothecary': a dramatic monologue by Margery Allingham)
• "My Brain is Young; I still have strength": Margery Allingham's Dido and Aeneas (Tony Medawar)
• A Medal (Margery Allingham)

• The Genesis of Blackkerchief Dick (B.A.Pike)
• Green Corn (Margery Allingham)

• A Family Likeness: the place of Margery Allingham in the pantheon of detective-story writers (Catherine Aird)
• Albert Campion – the Truth (Roger Johnson)
• 100 Lines for Albert Campion (B.A.Pike)
• The Inimitable Lugg (Geraldine Perriam)
• I Should Have Listened to Mother (Catherine Cooke)
• Classifying Amanda: female and femininity in the pre-war writing of Margery Allingham (Marianne van Hoeven)
• The Real Miss 1938 (Frank Swinnerton)
• For Better or for Worse: a Sociologist and Crime-writer's View of Sweet Danger (Michelle Spring)

• Maxwell March (B.A.Pike)
• Re X Deceased (Margery Allingham)
• The Man from the Shadows' or 'The Man Who Died (Margery Allingham)

• Undertakers at the Funeral (Nicholas Fuller)
• Lafcadio: the Painter and Posterity (John Sweetman)
• Campion finds the Circus (Shirley Purves)
• Dancers in Mourning: From Page to Screen (Susan Rowland)
• Fashions in Shrouds: Fashions in Forensic Pathology (Stephen Leadbeatter)

• Short and Sweet (Martin Edwards)
• The Public Spirit of Francis Smith (Margery Allingham)
• Six Against the Yard and 'It didn't work out' (B.A.Pike)
• A Proper Mystery (Margery Allingham)
• A New Sort of Web (Amanda Whytenor)

• "A fine sturdy piece of work": Margery Allingham reviewing for Time and Tide 1938-1944 (Julia Jones.)
• Black Plumes: the 'forgotten' novel (Susan Peters)
• A Corner in Crime (Margery Allingham)
• Remembering Marge (Oriel Malet)
• The Permutations of James: some notes on Margery's Victorian ancestors (Julia Jones)

• Margery Allingham: an appreciation (H.R.F. Keating)
• Memories of Auntie Margery and Uncle Pip (Guy M. Wilson)
• Naming Names and Playing Games (Jennifer Schofield Margery and Lavinia: a letter from Edward Davis)
• Margery Allingham's London (Richard Cheffins)
• From Albert to Albertine (Jessica Mann)

• Margery Allingham (Natasha Cooper)
• My Characters (Margery Allingham)
• Brief Encounter (Margaret Yorke)
• London my Market Town (Margery Allingham)
• In the Eye of the Beholder: Quirky Museums of Margery Allingham (B.J. Rahn)
• Margery Allingham: a centennial appreciation (Robert Barnard)
• The Relay (1964): Margery Allingham on Ageing (Margaret Kinsman)
• Re-visiting Campion Country (June Thomson)

The Adventures of Margery Allingham

Julia Jones

2009

This is a revised edition of Margery Allingham: A Biography (1991)

"Margery Allingham, the creator of Albert Campion, is one of detective fiction's greatest "Queens of Crime". From the late 1920s until her death in 1966 she produced a series of novels as deliciously humorous as they are surreally strange. Friends and fans alike remember her warmth and wit; few, if any, sensed the fear and depression that tormented her. This biography was researched in the very room where Margery Allingham worked, and written with the full cooperation of Margery's sister, her secretary and her housekeeper. It was first published in 1991. Since then, however, new material has become available, including the revelatory collection of letters and the startling truth about her husband's relationship with the writer Nancy Spain. The book's new title, new introduction and afterword invite the reader to look again."

Mr. Campion's Farthing

Philip Youngman Carter

1969

"Inglewood Turrets in the leafy outskirts of North London, a cross between St Pancras Station and Holloway Gaol, is where the formidable Miss Charlotte Cambric recreates Victorian elegance for foreign culture-vultures. Vassily Kopeck, the half-Russian, half-Polish physicist and an 'attaché of sorts', disappears after a visit to The Turrets and becomes a much-wanted man. Leading the hunt on one side is Russian 'diplomat' Moryak, on the other, L.C. Corkran of British Security, very ably assisted by Mr Albert Campion and - making his debut - Campion's son Rupert, determined to support his father in proving that knight errantry is not yet out-of-date."

Mr. Campion's Falcon

Philip Youngman Carter

1970

Some editions in the US have the title Mr. Campion's Quarry.

"In The Drover's Arms, a four-star upmarket country pub in the Cotswolds, a visitor dies of natural causes and is identified as Matthew James Matthew, a retired engineer and enthusiastic amateur archaeologist who seems to have no immediate family or friends and whose background is vague to say the least. Then the pompous and self-important innkeeper of the Drover's Arms is found dead in very suspicious circumstances miles away, near an archaeological dig in in Suffolk. Can these two deaths be linked to the disappearance of the brilliant but unstable geologist Francis Makepeace?"

Mr Campion's Farewell

Philip Youngman Carter / Mike Ripley

2014

Started by Philip Youngman Carter. Completed for publication by Mike Ripley.

"Boiled down, it comes to this; they re a syndicate who run this place which makes a packet with their own rules. One way and another they probably own most of it. Thus ruminated Superintendent Charles Luke to Albert Campion who was contemplating visiting his wayward artistic niece in Carfax. And when a missing schoolteacher reappeared after nine days, and Campion s car was inadvertently damaged, not to mention Campion himself, then all the signs were that not all was what it seemed. Campion himself plays the central role in this quintessentially British mystery, but there are appearances too from all of Margery Allingham s regular characters, from Luke to Campion s former manservant Lugg, to his wife Lady Amanda Fitton and others. The dialogue is sharp and witty, the observation keen, and the climax is thrilling and eerily atmospheric."

Mr Campion's Fox

Mike Ripley

2015

"The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate family matter'. He's very concerned about his eighteen-year-old daughter, who has formed an attachment to a most unsuitable young man. Recruiting his unemployed actor son, Rupert, to keep an eye on Frank Tate, the young man in question, Mr Campion notes some decidedly odd behaviour on the part of the up-and-coming photographer. Before he can act on the matter, however, both the Ambassador's daughter and her beau disappear without trace. Then a body is discovered in a lagoon. With appearances from all of Margery Allingham's regular characters, from Campion's former manservant Lugg, to his wife Lady Amanda Fitton and others, this witty and elegant mystery is sure to delight Allingham's many fans."

Mr Campion's Fault

Mike Ripley

2016

"Following the death of the senior English master in a tragic road accident, Mr Campion's son Rupert and daughter-in-law Perdita are helping out at Ash Grange School for Boys, where Perdita's godfather is headmaster. While Perdita is directing the end-of-term play, a musical version of Dr Faustus, Rupert is tackling the school's rugby football team - and both of them are finding their allotted tasks more of a challenge than they had anticipated. When the headmaster telephones Albert Campion to inform him that Rupert has been arrested, Mr Campion heads to Yorkshire to get to the bottom of the matter. There are no secrets in the traditional mining village of Denby Ash, he's told - but on uncovering reports of a disruptive poltergeist, a firebrand trade unionist, a missing conman and a local witch, he finds that's far from being the case."

Mr Campion's Abdication

Mike Ripley

2017

"Margery Allingham's Mr Campion finds himself masquerading as technical advisor to a very suspicious but glamorous Italian film producer and her crew hunting for buried treasure that never was in the Suffolk village of Heronhoe near Pontisbright which used to host trysts between Edward VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson."