Sweet DangerFirst published by William Heinemann Ltd 1933 |
Biography Campion, Albert, b. 20 May 1900. Educated at Rugby and St Ignatius College, Cambridge. Embarked on adventurous career 1924. Chief cases include the Black Dudley Murder, the Affair at Mystery Mile, the Pro- tection of the Gyrth Chalice, and the incidents at Cambridge which en- tailed Police at the Funeral. Name known to be a pseudonym, but real identity hitherto unpublished. Clubs: Puffin's, The Junior Greys. Hobbies: odd. Address: 17 Bottle St, Piccadilly, London, W1.
Here Albert Campion poses as the king of a tinpot Balkan state looking for his lost crown - an odd thing to do, even for Mr Campion, particularly as he is doing it in Mentone, at the Hotel Beauregard of all places. Guffy Randall is stolid, Nordic and logical, but his curiosity is aroused, and he cannot resist the temptation to join in the tantilising treasure hunt.
Sweet Danger is perfectly crafted, full of surprising twists and turns. What starts as a light-hearted, slightly crazy wild-goose chase becomes something much more dangerous, nasty and sinister.