This brand-new novel featuring Margery Allingham's Mr Campion
recaptures the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction.
The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate
family matter'. He's very concerned about his eighteen-year-old
daughter, who has formed an attachment to a most unsuitable young man.
Recruiting his unemployed actor son, Rupert, to keep an eye on Frank
Tate, the young man in question, Mr Campion notes some decidedly odd
behaviour on the part of the up-and-coming photographer. Before he can
act on the matter, however, both the Ambassador's daughter and her beau
disappear without trace. Then a body is discovered in a lagoon.
With appearances from all of Margery Allingham's regular characters,
from Campion's former manservant Lugg, to his wife Lady Amanda Fitton
and others, this witty and elegant mystery is sure to delight
Allingham's many fans. The dialogue is sharp and witty, the observation
keen, and the climax is thrilling and eerily atmospheric.