The Case Of The Late Pig

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Ipso Books
ISBN 13 : 1504048733
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery Allingham and published by Ipso Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith). 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. The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham’s inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed. “My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.”—J. K. Rowling “Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”—P.D. James

Author : Margery Allingham, Margery
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983811890
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery Allingham, Margery and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly unpleasant old schoolfellow of Albert Campion's manages to get himself murdered-twice

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery Allingham and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Margery MARGERY ALLINGHAM
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery MARGERY ALLINGHAM and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story, like some others in the series, is narrated by Albert Campion himself. The tale opens with a socially comic scene of Lugg reading out the death notices in the newspaper, in particular one about R. I. Peters (pun intended I guess). This name rings a bell for Campion who knew the deceased as a school bully. Yet the funeral is far from satisfying and instead has a gravely unsettling feeling upon Campion. 6 months later he is called back down to the area by the local Chief Constable, Colonel Leo Pursuivant, who is also Campion's friend. For his own reasons he is very anxious about a newly discovered murder and Campion is stunned when he sees the victim - recognising his old school nemesis Peters, who seems to have been going around under a different name, Oswald Harris. Yet he has only been dead for 12 hours. So what was the funeral all about 6 months earlier? Leo is concerned about the murder due to where it took place, a local country house, which is now being run as a loosely governed business and it seems like Harris had been making himself pretty unpopular with the local inhabitants, including Leo, with his plans for redeveloping the area. Further befuddlement ensues with disappearing corpses, new corpses, cryptic anonymous letters, unhelpful school acquaintances and even personal jeopardy for Campion and Lugg.

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504087305
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery Allingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith). 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. The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham’s inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed. “My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.”—J. K. Rowling “Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”—P.D. James

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : Ipso Books
ISBN 13 : 1504048687
Total Pages : 755 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flowers for the Judge, Death of a Ghost, and The Case of the Late Pig written by Margery Allingham and published by Ipso Books. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Albert Campion mysteries in one volume reveal why “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light” (Agatha Christie). Flowers for the Judge Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar. All eyes are on the other partners at the firm—cousins of the dead man with much to gain from his demise—and rumors hint at a connection to the long-ago disappearance of another director. Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion—but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it forever? “One of her best . . . vivid and witty.” —The New York Times Death of a Ghost John Sebastian 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 left in the hands of his widow, together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience. Albert Campion is invited to join a cast of gadabouts, muses, and socialites to witness the eighth unveiling—but instead the lights go down and a young man is stabbed to death. Campion must get to work on the baffling case, with its long—suspiciously long—line-up of possible killers, and soon finds himself having to face his dearest enemy. “Wonderfully plotted . . . Allingham was a rare and precious talent.” —The Washington Post The Case of the Late Pig 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 of Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime. Mixing high drama and pitch-perfect black comedy, The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. “Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection.”—Daily Express

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flowers for the Judge written by Margery Allingham and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Flowers for the Judge" 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.

Author : Darren Oldridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134442157
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Histories written by Darren Oldridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange Histories presents a serious account of some of the most extraordinary occurrences of European and North American history and explains how they made sense to people living at the time. Using case studies from the Middle Ages and the early modern period, this book provides fascinating insights into the world-view of a vanished age and shows how such occurences fitted in quite naturally with the "common sense" of the time. Explanations of these phenomena, riveting and ultimately rational, encourage further reflection on what shapes our beliefs today. What made reasonable, educated men and women behave in ways that seem utterly nonsensical to us today? This question and many more are answered in this fascinating book.

Author : Beatrix Potter
Publisher : Frederick Warne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Pigling Bland written by Beatrix Potter and published by Frederick Warne Publishers. This book was released on 1913 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pigling sets off from home and, among his adventures, helps Pig-wig escape from Mr. Piperson. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Margery Allingham
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery Mile written by Margery Allingham and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Mystery Mile" 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.