Black Plumes

Black Plumes

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The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder of the proprietor's son-in-law, Robert, sets the stage for another finely tuned Allingham mystery.

Gabrielle Ivory was once a society beauty of such exquisite arrogance that she stared down a queen. But now, nearing 90, she's largely disregarded by the younger members of the Ivory clan, who like to imagine Granny as a bedridden relic of a dead era. That's a mistake, and it's not their only one. A series of malicious attacks is threatening the family business - the family, desperate to preserve the status quo, want to chalk it all up to practical jokes gone wrong. But Gabrielle suspects otherwise...

A brilliant standalone mystery from the author of the beloved Campion books. Golden Age Crime at its intriguing best.

Reviews

â€˜My very favourite of the four queens of crime is Allinghamâ€™ â€“ J.K. Rowling
â€˜The best of mystery writersâ€™ â€“ The New Yorker
â€˜Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, eleganceâ€™ - Agatha Christie
â€˜Margery Allingham has precious few peers and no superiorsâ€™ - The Sunday Times
â€˜Allinghamâ€™s work is always of the first rankâ€™ â€“ New York Times
â€˜Unforgettable.â€™ â€“ A.S. Byatt
â€˜Margery Allingham was one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel.â€™ - Alexander McCall Smith
â€˜Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscoveredâ€™ - P.D. James
â€˜The real queen of crimeâ€™ - Guardian
â€˜As addictive as cocaineâ€™ â€“ Independent
â€˜Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader foreverâ€™ â€“ Sara Paretsky
â€˜Allinghamâ€™s characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villainsâ€™ â€“ Times Literary Supplement
â€˜Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above themâ€™ â€“ Observer
â€˜Spending an evening with Campion is one of lifeâ€™s pure pleasuresâ€™ â€“ Saturday Review
â€˜The Dickens of detective writingâ€™ - The Telegraph
â€˜Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fictionâ€™ - Daily Express

Country	USA
Author	Margery Allingham
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Ipso Books
Manufacturer	Ipso Books
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2014-09-21
Publisher	Ipso Books
ReleaseDate	2014-09-21
Studio	Ipso Books

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