The Gyrth Chalice Mystery - Couverture souple

Allingham, Margery

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0380705729 ISBN 13 : 9780380705726

Editeur : Avon Books, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Allingham Margery

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. She sold her first story at age 8 and published her first novel before turning 20. She married the artist, journalist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. In 1928 Allingham published her first detective story, The White Cottage Mystery, and the following year, in The Crime at Black Dudley, she introduced the detective who was to become the hallmark of her sophisticated crime novels and murder mysteries - Albert Campion. Famous for her London thrillers, such as Hide My Eyes and The Tiger in the Smoke, Margery Allingham has been compared to Dickens in her evocation of the city's shady underworld. Acclaimed by crime novelists such as P.D. James, Allingham is counted alongside Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and Gladys Mitchell as a pre-eminent Golden Age crime writer. Margery Allingham died in 1966.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

Finding himself the victim of a botched kidnapping attempt, Val Gyrth suspects that he might be in a spot of trouble. Unexpected news to him – but not to the mysterious Mr Campion, who reveals that the ancient Chalice entrusted to Val’s family is being targeted by a ruthless ring of thieves.

Fleeing London for the supposed safety of Suffolk, Val and Campion come face to face with events of a perilous and puzzling nature – Campion might be accustomed to outwitting criminal minds, but can he foil supernatural forces?

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Avon Books
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0380705729
• ISBN 13: 9780380705726
• Reliure: Broché