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Carit Andersen, 1970. De trestjernede kriminalromaner, Allingham, bind 13.
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In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth.
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LibraryThing member cmbohn
Apron Street is a quiet little thoroughfare in west London — and yet Albert Campion is called in to investigate a death, and he finds himself surrounded by as strange a family as he has ever encountered.
I remember this one as being a little creepy and very scary at the end.
I remember this one as being a little creepy and very scary at the end.
LibraryThing member Coach_of_Alva
Albert Campion, the most humble and likable of the Golden Age detectives, boards in a house with an eccentric family who may or may not have poisoned an irritating relative. While learning about the inhabitants of the house, he also notices strange goings-on at the funeral parlor across the street,
I read the Albert Campion mysteries that were gathered into two omnibuses, three titles each, when I was young. I read "The Tiger in the Smoke" later and didn't like it. Reading a fresh Campion at this late date, I was pleased not only by the fairly clever mystery but by the sharp, unconventional characters. Most writers of the period presented eccentrics as wise fools enjoying pleasures normal people could only dream. Miss Allingham more convincingly shows them as sad misfits, dependent on the kindness of others to survive. In this story, of course, one other isn't kind at all.
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where his assistant Lugg is boarding.I read the Albert Campion mysteries that were gathered into two omnibuses, three titles each, when I was young. I read "The Tiger in the Smoke" later and didn't like it. Reading a fresh Campion at this late date, I was pleased not only by the fairly clever mystery but by the sharp, unconventional characters. Most writers of the period presented eccentrics as wise fools enjoying pleasures normal people could only dream. Miss Allingham more convincingly shows them as sad misfits, dependent on the kindness of others to survive. In this story, of course, one other isn't kind at all.
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LibraryThing member ashleytylerjohn
She's a marvelous find. For anyone who appreciates Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, well-plotted Golden Age mysteries, not too violent/gritty/disturbing, eccentric characters, unusual situations, a bit of wit (well, a lot, in Sayer's case), Allingham is their slightly-younger near literary
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
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cousin, and luckily she was prolific.(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
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LibraryThing member bcquinnsmom
Not one of my personal favorites, and this is #13 in the series.
In this one, Albert Campion is called upon to look into two mysterious deaths in the Palinode family. They are a group of rather eccentric people, however, the deaths are by poison, so it becomes a police matter. Throw in anonymous
To be really honest, I found this one somewhat tedious and had a really hard time sticking with it. However, that's just me; others have given this quite a high rating.
In this one, Albert Campion is called upon to look into two mysterious deaths in the Palinode family. They are a group of rather eccentric people, however, the deaths are by poison, so it becomes a police matter. Throw in anonymous
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letters, some strange doings at the local undertaker & a missing coffin, and it makes for an adventure Campion won't soon forget.To be really honest, I found this one somewhat tedious and had a really hard time sticking with it. However, that's just me; others have given this quite a high rating.
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LibraryThing member joel
Campion returns after three years to investigate a murder within a very idiosyncratic family. Lugg's undertaker brother-in-law asks for the investigation so that things can be cleared up quickly and let him get back to his shady dealings. This one seemingly reverts back to a classic murder
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investigation for Campion, rather than a thriller of giant conspiracy, but the ending fails to follow through on this. The resolution did not seem to follow the rest of novel, and was rather a disappointment. The characters are well formed and interesting, but the book is somewhat slow-moving with no suspense. Show Less
LibraryThing member idiotgirl
This is probably a 3.5. First time reading Albert Campion (or listening). Very dense and social. Enjoyed it. But I had to relisten to many sections. Not generally true for "detective." Lots of characters and things going on.
LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
This was really a very difficult read for me.....
I understand that Allingham's Albert Campion was/is a very popular detective...the BEEB series is well done and enormously popular, however, I got quite lost with the some of the "authentic" dialog and even some of the scenes....
This is not to say,
I didn't like this, but I didn't Not like it either. I wish it had been easier for me to read & follow along.
I understand that Allingham's Albert Campion was/is a very popular detective...the BEEB series is well done and enormously popular, however, I got quite lost with the some of the "authentic" dialog and even some of the scenes....
This is not to say,
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that this was not an interesting mystery...it was, but I just couldn't piece much of it together.....I didn't like this, but I didn't Not like it either. I wish it had been easier for me to read & follow along.
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LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
I'm going to stop reading this series, I seriously have too difficult of a time figuring out what the hell everyone in the book is talking about...
The characters' dialog is so affected and other than the dialog of the CID & Campion, I had not a clue as to what was really going on with anyone.
This
I Quit!
The characters' dialog is so affected and other than the dialog of the CID & Campion, I had not a clue as to what was really going on with anyone.
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is the 2nd in the series I found difficult to read & follow. I did not like the characters, and for some reason the entire atmosphere seemed dark & dreary.I Quit!
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LibraryThing member Matke
Almost too much plot convolution makes this a rather difficult entry in the Campion series.
Campion rooms at a boarding house to discover exactly why several people have died, bodies have been mixed up, etc. Lugg, in perhaps his best outing, stays with his brother-in-law to help the investigation
The rather messy plot is redeemed by Campion’s relationship with his landlady, an old friend from his checkered past.
Entertaining enough but hard to follow.
Campion rooms at a boarding house to discover exactly why several people have died, bodies have been mixed up, etc. Lugg, in perhaps his best outing, stays with his brother-in-law to help the investigation
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from a different angle.The rather messy plot is redeemed by Campion’s relationship with his landlady, an old friend from his checkered past.
Entertaining enough but hard to follow.
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LibraryThing member Helenliz
This got rather complicated at times, with an extensive cast of characters and a very eccentric house at it's core. Campion wasn;t going to get involved in this one, but there comes a time when it's clear that fate wants you to take a hand and when 3 separate ties pull him in, well he gives in and
It's a complicated plot, involving smuggling things in coffins - because who would be so rude as to open a coffin accompanied by a grieving widow? It's a neat ruse, but the cause of the deaths is a different story.
There's a large cast of characters and working them out took some time - still not sure where some of them fit. Having said that, it was enjoyable enough and the end slid to a speedy conclusion.
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gets involved. The Palinode family houe is now owned by Renee, and old friend of Campion's who has a stage past. The family still live there, as lodgers, and with the elder siblings having died, we start with Ruth being exhumed and found to have been poisoned. Campion takes up residence as a lodger and starts to investigate the rather eccentric cast of characters that people the house and the street on which they live. It's a complicated plot, involving smuggling things in coffins - because who would be so rude as to open a coffin accompanied by a grieving widow? It's a neat ruse, but the cause of the deaths is a different story.
There's a large cast of characters and working them out took some time - still not sure where some of them fit. Having said that, it was enjoyable enough and the end slid to a speedy conclusion.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1949
Physical description
199 p.; 18.4 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser et mandsansigt genspejlet i en sort overflade set lidt nedefra
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Margery Allingham, bind 13
Oversat fra engelsk "More work for the undertaker" af Poul Ib Liebe
Omslaget viser et mandsansigt genspejlet i en sort overflade set lidt nedefra
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Margery Allingham, bind 13
Oversat fra engelsk "More work for the undertaker" af Poul Ib Liebe
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