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Mystery Mile


Police at the Funeral

First published by Heinemann 1931 - dedicated " To my seven paternal uncles"

In which we discover that Albert Campion's true first name is in fact Randolph, and that there is far more to our hero's heritage than meets the eye.


Cover Synopsis

Great Aunt Caroline rules the roost in an old Cambridge residence which is riddled with mystery, evil...and terror.

Uncle Andrew is dead, Aunt Julia is poisoned, Uncle William attacked...and once again Albert Campion, that much-loved hero of detective fiction, comes to the rescue. With her customary skill Margery Allingham takes the reader through a delightful maze of intrigue as Albert Campion, bland, blue eyed and deceptively vague, encounters the formidable Great aunt Caroline and her bizarre household of horror.

'Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene' - Daily Telegraph

Penguin Edition - ISBN 0-14-008780-X - Cover art by Andrew Davidson