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Pearls before swine / Margery Allingham.

By: Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966.
Material type: Book; Format: print; Literary form: Non-fiction; Audience: Adult; Publisher: New York : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2009
Summary:
World War II is limping to a close, but it isn?t the Germans who are troubling the Dowager Marchioness of Carados right now. The problem is the potential derailment of her son?s wedding by the discovery, in his bed, of the body of a distinctly inappropriate girl who seems to have swallowed a fatal handful of pills. Never one to be cowed, the Marchioness enlists a friend to dump the body in a temporarily empty flat. But the flat?s owner?Albert Campion?returns home unexpectedly, on brief leave from the war. Understandably a bit put out, Campion determines nonetheless to carry out his original plan: A fast change of clothing and then off to the country. The police, however, have other ideas.
Series:
Allingham, Margery. Albert Campion: 12.
Edition:
Felony & Mayhem.
Description:
263 pages ; 19 cm.
ISBN:
9781934609378
1934609374
Other title:
Coroner's Pidgin [Other title]
Subject(s):
Campion, Albert (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Summary:
World War II is limping to a close, but it isn?t the Germans who are troubling the Dowager Marchioness of Carados right now. The problem is the potential derailment of her son?s wedding by the discovery, in his bed, of the body of a distinctly inappropriate girl who seems to have swallowed a fatal handful of pills. Never one to be cowed, the Marchioness enlists a friend to dump the body in a temporarily empty flat. But the flat?s owner?Albert Campion?returns home unexpectedly, on brief leave from the war. Understandably a bit put out, Campion determines nonetheless to carry out his original plan: A fast change of clothing and then off to the country. The police, however, have other ideas.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Monterey Public Library Adult Fiction M/FIC ALLINGHAM, M. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31971005788919
Total holds: 0

Originally published in 1945 by Doubleday

First UK edition published as "Coroner's Pidgin" in 1945 by Heinemann

World War II is limping to a close, but it isn?t the Germans who are troubling the Dowager Marchioness of Carados right now. The problem is the potential derailment of her son?s wedding by the discovery, in his bed, of the body of a distinctly inappropriate girl who seems to have swallowed a fatal handful of pills. Never one to be cowed, the Marchioness enlists a friend to dump the body in a temporarily empty flat. But the flat?s owner?Albert Campion?returns home unexpectedly, on brief leave from the war. Understandably a bit put out, Campion determines nonetheless to carry out his original plan: A fast change of clothing and then off to the country. The police, however, have other ideas.

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