Deadly Duo: Two Novellas
English
By (author): Margery Allingham
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 her in London. Gillies job is to accompany Ritas convalescent husband, but a shocking tragedy reveals the motive behind her employment: murder.
Last Act
Gathered at the country residence of Madame Zoffany, an aging star of the French stage, are her ward, both grandsons who stand to inherit her fortune, and her longtime servants. And though they are all used to Zoffs theatrics, it still comes as a surprise when the grande dame takes her final curtain calland the spotlight of suspicion shines on them all . . .
Praise for Margery Allingham
Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered. P. D. James, New York Timesbestselling author
The best of mystery writers. The New Yorker
Dont start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction. The Independent
One of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists. The Sunday Telegraph See more