The China Governess

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504087240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
“Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance.” —Agatha Christie Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome, and successful, but his past is a mystery to him. When he learns, on the eve of his elopement, that he is adopted, he must question everything he thought he knew. In desperate search of answers, Kinnit calls on private detective Albert Campion to shed some light on his past, and how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. Meanwhile, his 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. “Allingham is very, very good and those who are not familiar with her have a discovery awaiting them.”—Los Angeles Times

The China Governess

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description

The China Governess

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780701105037
Category : Campion, Albert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description

Mysteries Unlocked

Author: Curtis Evans
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476616086
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 634

Book Description
In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Douglas G. Greene, mystery genre scholar and publisher, this book offers 24 new essays and two reprinted classics on detective fiction by contributors around the world, including ten Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) winners and nominees. The essays cover a myriad of authors and books from more than a century, from J.S. Fletcher's The Investigators, originally serialized in 1901, to P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley, published at the end of 2011. Subjects covered include detective fiction in the Edwardian era and the "Golden Age" between the two world wars; hard-boiled detective fiction; mysteries and intellectuals; and pastiches, short stories and radio plays.

Hide My Eyes

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London’s theatre district, in this crime novel from “the best of mystery writers” (The New Yorker). A spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of London to a scrapyard in the East End. Margery Allingham shows her dark edge in Hide My Eyes and evokes the sights, sounds, and inimitable atmosphere of 1950s London, once again proving herself “one of the finest ‘golden age’ crime novelists” (Sunday Telegraph). “Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever.” —Sara Paretsky “Allingham’s characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains.” —Times Literary Supplement

The Mind Readers

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Ipso Books
ISBN: 1504048784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
A mysterious invention causes mayhem in a coastal English village—from “my very favourite of the four Queens of Crime” (J. K. Rowling). The ancient hamlet of Saltey, once the haunt of smugglers, now hides a secret rich and mysterious enough to trap all who enter . . . and someone in town is willing to terrorize, murder, and raise the very devil to keep that secret to themselves. When a transistor thought to be the key to telepathic communication is found, Albert Campion is called to sort fact from fiction. But the device at the center of the mystery is in the possession of two schoolboys, and whether they stole it or invented it, there are others who will kill to get hold of it. “Allingham has a strong, well controlled sense of humour, a power of suggesting character with a few touches and an excellent English style. She has a sense of the fantastic, and is never dull” —Times Literary Supplement

Crime and Mr. Campion

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 749

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Crime and Mr. Campion" by Margery Allingham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The China Governess

Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
ISBN: 9781504091756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance." --Agatha Christie Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome, and successful, but his past is a mystery to him. When he learns, on the eve of his elopement, that he is adopted, he must question everything he thought he knew. In desperate search of answers, Kinnit calls on private detective Albert Campion to shed some light on his past, and how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. Meanwhile, his 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. "Allingham is very, very good and those who are not familiar with her have a discovery awaiting them."--Los Angeles Times

Miss Moon: Wise Words from a Dog Governess

Author: Janet Hill
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1101917938
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Miss Wilhelmina Moon is a dog governess. At her first placement, on a small island off the coast of France, her new charges - sixty-seven dogs of all shapes, sizes and colors - run wild. But armed with patience and a passion for teaching, as well as her companions, Mitford the monkey and Petunia the French bulldog, Miss Moon soon imparts twenty important lessons to her furry brood. Some are practical, some are playful, one or two are a little unusual, but all are necessary for the raising of happy, healthy and well-mannered dogs (and humans).

My Dear Governess

Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300169892
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
Presents a treasure trove of 135 letters, written over a period of 42 years, from Edith Wharton to her teacher, considered a great find in the literary world, given that only three letters from the Age of Innocence author's childhood and early adulthood were thought to have survived.