Mystery Mile by Allingham, Margery offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / mystery & detective. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for readers seeking a thoughtful, accessible read, the book is well-suited to book clubs and classroom disc...

This title looks at how to support young children during the many transitions they go through in their early education. This book includes how to: support transitions between the home, childminders, pre-schools, reception classes and Key Stage One, manage stress-free transitions and effective communication.

George Abbershaw has been invited to a party at the gloomy old English mansion of a friend, along with a few people he knows, a few he doesn't, and one he is sweet on. A suspicious death means George has to determine who can be trusted and who can't, including a bespectacled young man named Albert Campion who seems to have shown up at the party uninvited. When things take a decided turn for the worse, George and the rest of the guests have to band together in an effort to extricate themsel...

In The Crime at Black Dudley, Margery Allingham introduces readers to the eccentric and brilliant Albert Campion in a mystery brimming with suspense, intrigue, and sinister charm. When a lively weekend party at a secluded English country house turns deadly, a group of guests suddenly find themselves prisoners in a chilling game of deception. As tensions rise and secrets unravel, the enigmatic Campion—at first seemingly a foolish guest—emerges as the only one with a chance of solving the mu...

The Crime at Black Dudley, a riveting historical crime fiction novel by Margery Allingham, transports you to the chilling depths of the golden age of detective storytelling. This true crime activity book for adults, published in 1929, unveils the enigmatic debut of the legendary detective Albert Campion in a tale of suspense and cunning that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Nestled within the isolated and mysterious English countryside, Black Dudley Manor sets the stage for an unfor...

A fast-paced mystery novel featuring intrigue, danger, and classic detective storytelling from the Golden Age of crime fiction.

A collection of eighteen classic Golden Age short stories from "the best of mystery writers"—with a tribute by Agatha Christie ( The New Yorker).One of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction's Four Queens of CrimeAcclaimed by critics and her peers, Margery Allingham was one of the finest writers of her day, crafting fiction that challenged readers' crime-solving skills and kept them on the edge of their seats. Foul play, mystery, and th...

Two classic mystery stories by a Golden Age Queen of Crime, the author of the Albert Campion series who "stands out like a shining light" (Agatha Christie)."Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered."—P. D. James, New York Times–bestselling author"Wanted: Someone Innocent"At a retirement reception for their headmistress, twenty-year-old Gillie Brayton is swept away by the wealthy Rita Fayre to work for he...

The Mystery Man of Soho is a detective story set in the lively and mysterious district of Soho in London. The story introduces a strange and secretive man whose behavior attracts the attention of people around him. His unusual actions and mysterious past make others suspect that he may be involved in something dangerous. As the plot develops, the characters try to discover who the mysterious man really is and why he behaves so strangely. Gradually, small clues and unexpected events begin t...

Published posthumously by the author's sons, The Grey Haired Knights is a series of four whimsical fantasy novels set in the present day and drawing on the legend of King Arthur for their inspiration. King Arthur, anxious that people might forget his ancient promise to return and put to rights all that has gone amiss, sends Merlin forward to the twenty first century to keep alive the spirit and dream of Camelot. Bureaucracy has incarcerated four men, all approaching seventy, in a dreary re...

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?Private detective Albert Campion sets out to plumb the secrets of Saltey, an ancient hamlet on the Essex marshes. Once the haunt of smugglers, it now hides a secret rich and mysterious enough to trap all who enter - and someone in the village is willing to terrorise, murder and raise the very devil to keep that secret to themselves.

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters's body goes missing. It takes all Cam...