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Death of a Ghost (The Albert Campion Mysteries) Paperback – November 14, 2023

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An artist’s legacy lives on—through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from “one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists” (The Sunday Telegraph).

To vex his rival from the grave, a famous artist has left twelve paintings to be sold after his death. Each year, one painting is revealed to kick off London’s art season. But this release party—bringing family, friends, critics, and collectors together—devolves into scandal. A power outage leaves everyone in the dark, and when the lights come back on, a man lies dead—stabbed through the heart with bejeweled scissors.

Family friend Albert Campion is present during the deadly crime. The too obvious suspect is the artist’s granddaughter, Linda Lafcadio, who was engaged to the victim until he brought back a model from Italy and married her. Linda didn’t take his suggestion of a ménage à trois well, to say the least. But was she angry enough to kill him? Campion thinks not. He’s actually quite sure he knows who did the dastardly deed, but there’s no evidence to prove it. And though he’s one step behind a diabolical killer, Campion just might be next on the list of victims . . .

“Uncommon merit in every direction . . . honestly, you can’t go wrong with Death of a Ghost.” —Boston Evening Transcript

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Margery Allingham, born in 1904 to Emily and Herbert Allingham, was an esteemed English novelist, author, and editor of Christian Globe and the New London Journal. Considered one of the four “Queens of Crime” from the golden age of detective fiction, Allingham began writing stories and plays at a young age and published her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, at 19. She later studied drama and speech training at Regent Street Polytechnic in London. Allingham is best known for her character Albert Campion, a sleuth first introduced in The Crime of Black Dudley. Campion was featured in seventeen subsequent novels, and even more short stories. Allingham continued to write until her death on June 30, 1966.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (November 14, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1504092317
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1504092319
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches

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Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.

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Welcome Reissue of an Entertaining Work

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2014

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Book originally published in 1934.
One of the treasures for Kindle users is the large run of Margery Allingham mysteries. She was among the best of that outstanding group of writers in Great Britain (and Ngaio Marsh, born in New Zealand) who were Masters of the Classic Mystery. Some readers will be familiar with Allingham from the fine British television series starring her literary hero, Albert Campion, which is well worth seeing if you have not done so.
This is a good one. Campion appears without his man-of-all-work and former criminal assistant, but with his good friend, the Scotland Yard detective.
The setting is mostly the home of a now deceased 'Great Artist', who has arranged for a dozen unseen paintings by him to be shown, one at a time, for twelve years, beginning a decade after his death. Mr. Campion is at the annual affair at which one of the new paintings is to be shown for the first time when murder strikes. Mr. Campion rallies to the aid of the widow of the artist, being a good friend of the family, and of the artistic entrepreneur who manages the business end of the release of these pictures and their sale. What is distinctive in this, as compared to her other books, is that Campion is convinced of the identity of the murderer rather early on, but neither he nor the police can find any evidence supporting this contention. Will the Killer strike again? Why kill these particular people? Will he ever make a mistake such as would allow the police to charge him with a crime?
As always, I found an Allingham book to be eminently satisfying: stylistically she shows a fine mordant wit and superior style, the story is interesting, the key characters well developed, and the whole reflects a high degree of professionalism and command of her materials.

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Carl E. Ahlm

"One of the best of the the Campion mysteries!"

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016

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First published in 1934, "Death of a Ghost" is the sixth in the popular Campion mystery series by English author Margery Allingham. I actually discovered the series when it was on "Mystery" on PBS about a decade ago. Campion, a brilliant sleuth with a mysterious past, appears to be a foppish, unremarkable socialite in horn-rimmed glasses. Reading them in order from the first one, I have enjoyed the Campion series. Interestingly, I discovered that P.D. James also believed this to be Allingham's best Campion novel as I do to date.

"Death of a Ghost" centers on famous artist John Lafcadio. Before his death, he selected12 of his paintings and left instructions that they were to be revealed and offered for sale starting five years after his death, one a year to keep his name and work in the public. The action takes place within the realm of the art world; Campion is invited to the annual posthumous exhibit of Lafcadio's work at his wife's home. Here, this art gala turns deadly when the lights go out and a young artist is murdered. Campion and the reader are now both caught up in solving this artistic mystery.

"Death of a Ghost" is cleverly written depicting a cat-and-mouse game between Campion and the increasingly daring killer. Although Allingham's plot and prose style is a bit stand-offish and slow to develop at times, this story is smooth, well-paced, and gives just enough clues to keep the reader engaged. The plot is carefully crafted and quite clever; while one can eventually guess the murderer, the ending is still tense and a bit of a surprise. Her characters are well developed and interesting, especially our hero, Campion. I have enjoyed these stories, but it is the insights into human frailties and the hypocrisy of aging models and failed artists that elevate this book to one of her best.

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Patto

Campion knows who did it — but can’t prove it!

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2018

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The first murder occurs at a showing of a painting by a dead artist of hig repute. John Lafcadio arranged for a series of his paintings to be shown a year at a time after his death, to keep his fame alive. The great man haunts this book like a ghost, inspiring all sorts of bad behavior, from mere silliness to murder.

A second murder keeps the investigation going, but brings Inspector Oates of Scotland Yard no closer to finding the killer. Only his friend, amateur sleuth Albert Campion, begins to see a pattern...

There are a variety of interesting characters in the story, among them a charming and intelligent old lady. And the plot is unconventional in revealing the killer before the usual last minute.

I enjoyed Death of a Ghost, though not quite as much as some earlier mysteries. However, I love the series.

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John C

Great read.

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023

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A fun read with some interesting twists.

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Christopher A. Coulter

The language Allingham was achieving is more important than her plotting.

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2022

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This is not one of the perfect Allingham books like Mystery Mile, Traitor's Purse, or Tiger in the Smoke; yet the elegance of the language is so brilliant that a pedestrian old-fashioned plot about elderly women who miss an artist who left a legacy of paintings released in time capsule fashion--with an obvious killing for one--is worth every bit of time spent.

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Thomas Baldovin

He's a smart detective but not infallible

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2015

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This mystery was written about 1930 and takes place then. Unlike modern novels, the author here takes some time to set the scene and develop the characters, so it does feel a bit slow at first. But once a murder happens, the pace quickens and it becomes interesting and absorbing. The hero of Allingham's mysteries is an amateur "celebrity detective" whose name may or may not be Albert Campion. He seems to be highly connected to proper society and possibly uses a false name, possibly to hide a noble family connection. He's a smart detective but not infallible, almost getting beaten by the villain. An interesting aspect of this book is that about half-way through, Campion figures out who the murderer is so the story becomes not a who-done-it but a how-done-it and a why-done-it. This was an okay book but not a great read. A question I have: Why aren't some of Allingham's books not in the public domain, considering how old they are?

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Undoubtedly one of the four queens of crime!

Reviewed in India on October 4, 2023

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Brilliant, nuanced, simple and yet complex, this book is like a breath of fresh air, painting the pictures of the protagonists even more than the artist she has talked about!

What a glorious era, with wizards like Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Dorothy L Sayers and Ngaio Marsh vying in the same space!

Michael Field

Death of a Ghost

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2022

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The book is dated, of course, by when it was written. You might also feel that the subject matter also makes it a little precious, to begin with.

But as you go along, the story becomes so much stronger, written convincingly and so beautifully, it has to be the best Allingham that I've read.

I won't say anything more about it, so as not to spoil it. For all Agatha Christie's masterly plotting and her reputation, she was nowhere near as good as this.

kathleen

Slow and at times confusing plot

Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2022

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The basic mystery plot ok although the ins and outs of all the paintings and painters confusing. I find myself now needing to check Wikipedia to get a handle on the ending chapter and Belle's references. This will be my first and last Allingham book.

Elizabeth-Anne

Excellent Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2014

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Margery Allingham never disappoints, I find her stories addictive! Read by the wonderful Phillip Franks, who always manages to put all the characters across perfectly. Death of a Ghost is about a deceased artist who has left several paintings to be shown individually, one a year in the years following the artists' death. This is to spite a rival, who cannot wait for his death in order that his own work is not side-lined. The showing of this current one is accompanied by a murder. I wont spoil it for you; buy the CD!

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Eric.lougheed

Age does not diminish....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2020

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I first read this book 70 years ago. 're-reading it now was as thrilling and suspenseful as on first reading.
In gratitude to a great author who had no need for bad language or behaviour to create convincing and engrossing narrative.

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