Traitor''s Purse
English
By (author): Margery Allingham
If I had to vote for the single best detective story, this would be it. A.S. Byatt
Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital, accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognize even his faithful servant or his beloved fianc?®e, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces togetherwhile World War II rages and the very fate of England is at stake.
Published in 1941, Traitor's Purse is a wartime masterpiece (The Guardian).
Uncommonly exciting stuff, replete with Allingham's skill in story-building and the plausible characters that make her as much a fine novelist as a mystery writer. The New Republic
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance. Agatha Christie See more
Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital, accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognize even his faithful servant or his beloved fianc?®e, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces togetherwhile World War II rages and the very fate of England is at stake.
Published in 1941, Traitor's Purse is a wartime masterpiece (The Guardian).
Uncommonly exciting stuff, replete with Allingham's skill in story-building and the plausible characters that make her as much a fine novelist as a mystery writer. The New Republic
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance. Agatha Christie See more
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