Mr Campion's Fox by Mike Ripley
A request from the Danish Ambassador leads Albert Campion into a baffling murder case in this finely crafted historical mystery.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.Mike Ripley is the author of twenty-four comic thrillers and historical novels, and has twice won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award. He writes the Getting Away With Murder monthly review column for Shots Magazine, and he's also the author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a'reader's history' of British action and spy thrillers from 1953 to 1975, which received the H.R.F. In 2017, the Keating Prize for nonfiction was given. With Mr Campion's Goodbye (Severn House, 2014; Black Thorn, 2019), he finished a novel started by Margery Allingham's husband, Pip Youngman Carter, in 1969 but never finished. Mr Campion's Fox, Mr Campion's Fault, Mr Campion's Abdication, Mr Campion's War, Mr Campion's Visit, and Mr Campion's Séance, he considers his attempts to fly solo with, and do honour to, a great literary figure.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780727884787 |
| ISBN 10 | 0727884786 |
| Title | Mr Campion's Fox |
| Author | Mike Ripley |
| Series | An Albert Campion Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2015-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CrimeFest Last Laugh Award 2016 |
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