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Mystery Mile


Coroner's Pidgin

First published by William Heinemann Ltd. 1945

Cover Synopsis

'The man and the woman carried the body cautiously up the stairs ... Meanwhile, in the apartment above, Mr Albert Campion, who was in that particular state of ignorance wherein it is downright idiocy to be wise, was taking a warm bath.'

It is Mr Campion's first moment of peace after three years of nameless service in the war. Catching his train is his only worry. But his peace is rudely interrupted by Lugg's helpful disposal of the unknown woman found dead in the bed of Lord Carados on the eve of his wedding.

The machinations of a dotty dowager, the fate of a bottle of wine, a young widow in love and the affairs - public and private - of his lordship, Lugg's feeling for his pig, treachery that threatens the nation and, of course, murder, all combine to keep Campion from his train and a vital meeting. But not for too long...

Penguin Edition - ISBN 0-14-016611-4 - Cover art by Andrew Davidson