The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery #1)

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A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some very shady characters As they playfully recreate the ritual of the Black Dudley Dagger, someone dies Pathologist George Abbershaw suspects foul play, and when a vital item is mislaid, a gang of crooks hold the guests hostage Will they escape the house what did happen to the Colonel and just who is the mysterious Mr Campion Neither the story nor Albert Campion is quite as vapid and slow as you might expect.apa in US as THE BLACK DUDLEY MURDER, 1929 Read The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery #1) by Margery Allingham – kino-fada.fr Up the well known creek I first met Albert Campion when I stumbled across the BBC TV show called Campion, starring Peter Davison I don t know if there is abizarre detective in publishing history Having a conversation with Campion is sort of like having a conversation with Robin Williams His mind is so brilliant that he skips ahead of us mortals, making connections, assertions, and leaps of logic that are impossible to follow step by step We have to hope to assemble enough of the piec Up the well known creek I first met Albert Campion when I stumbled across the BBC TV show called Campion, starring Peter Davison I don t know if there is abizarre detective in publishing history Having a conversation with Campion is sort of like having a conversation w...Poor Albert Campion gets no respect nor does his author, Margery Allingham.Ninety years after Hercule Poirot first exercised his little grey cells in The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Lord Peter Wimsey first pranced through Whose Body , these redoubtable detectives and their brilliant authors are still household names But Albert Campion Like Ngaio Marsh s Roderick Alleyn, Gladys Mitchell s Mrs Bradley, or Patricia Wentworth s Miss Silver all of whom were quite popular in their day but h Poor Albert Campion gets no respect nor does his author, Margery Allingham.Ninety years after Hercule Poirot first exercised his little grey cells in The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Lord Peter Wimsey first pranced through Whose Body , the...Published in 1929, this is the first Albert Campion mystery My introduction to Campion came through a later book and, disliking reading books out of order, I found that a confusing and difficult read However, as I enjoy Golden Age detective fiction, I determined to give Margery Allingham another try and to read the first in the series even though I know that the book has mixed reactions In a way, that is because this is not a traditional mystery it has a story set in a traditional country Published in 1929, this is the first Albert Campion mystery My introduction to Campion came through a later book and, disliking reading books out of order, I found that a confusing and difficult read However, as I enjoy Golden Age detective fiction, I determined to give Margery Allingham another try and to read the first in the series even though I know that the book has mixed reactions In a way, that is because this is not a traditional mystery it has a story set in a trad...WHOA I had a long review for this, with a discussion thread, and now they are simply gone And no, I definitely wasn t talking about the author in the review, so it wouldn t have been deleted for that reason.This is an endearingly bonkers Golden Age mystery,of a thriller than a whodunit I have a very soft spot for The Crime at Black Dudley because it is the first appearance of Margery Allingham s beloved detective, silly ass Albert Campion There s also endless 1920s slang to enjoy, sometimes reminiscent of P.G Wodehouse Yet another pleasure is the fact that the book is set in the Suffolk countryside, an area Allingham knew well.The book starts off as a house party mystery, where guests ras This is an endearingly bonkers Golden Age mystery,of a thriller than a whodunit I have a very soft spot for The Crime at Black Dudley because it is the first appearance of Margery Allingham s beloved detective, silly ass Albert Campion There s also endless 1920s slang to enjoy, sometimes reminiscent of P.G Wodehouse Yet another pleasure is the fact that th... The Crime at Black Dudley is the first in Margery Allingham s Albert Campion series, but it is not exactly a novel featuring Albert Campion but instead a novel in which a minor character called Albert Campion appears and takes over the book.I can see why Allingham refused to halt Campion in his coup, for he is an interesting character certainlyinteresting than the Scotland Yard pathologist George Abbershaw, whom Allingham chose for her hero Campion appears at first glance to be nothing The Crime at Black Dudley is the first in Margery Allingham s Albert Campion series, but it is not exactly a novel featuring Albert Campion but instead a novel in which a minor character called Albert Campion appears and takes over the book.I can see why Allingham refused to halt Campion in his coup, for he i...2.5 STARS This one just isn t simple to rate This rating reflects how much I personally liked it But then consider this was first published by a woman in her 20 s in 1929 Also consider that this is definitely has slang from England at that time thank goodness for my Kindle reader I have only to highlight the word to see the slang definition I have not read any Agatha Christie, but I have seen a few movie adaptations of her books I would say this book definitely has that feel Several2.5 STARS This one just isn t simple to rate This rating reflects how much I personally liked it But then consider this was first published by a woman in her 20 s in 1929 Also consider that this is definitely has slang from England at that time thank goodness for my Kindle reader I have only to highlight the word to see the slang definition I have not read any Agatha Christie, but I have seen a few movie adaptations of her books I would say this book definitely has that feel Several people at an isolate...While I found it interesting to read this book due to the part it played in Allingham s success as a writer and as the birthing story of Albert Campion I found it otherwise to be an extremely dated and quite unfulfilling read The datedness of the story lies not in the language or the gender roles nor the stereotypical treatment of anyone who wasn t a...Albert Campion gatecrashes a party at Black Dudley Manor in which Colonel Coombe dies in suspicious circumstances It turns out the Colonel was supposed to give a package to Benjamin Dawlish and it is now lost Dawlish and his criminal gang now hold the guests captive It becomes clear that the Colonel has been murdered...Alas, I did not enjoy this mystery The pacing was awkward, the locale aggressively gothic, the romance element flat and stilted, and the setup for the crime absurdly over the top, with a level of emotional maturity and depth similar to what you d find in a Scooby Doo cartoon.If you want to read The Crime at Black Dudley, please do so Brace yourself for a story that feels remarkably like a transcription of the movie Clue Members of a random house party wander around a large isolated mansion Alas, I did not enjoy this mystery The pacing was awkward, the locale aggressively gothic, the romance element flat and stilted, and the setup for the crime absurdly over the top, with a level of emotional maturity and depth similar to what you d find in a Scooby Doo cartoon.If you want to read The Crime at Black Dudley, please do so Brace yourself for a story that feels remarkably like a transcription of the movie Clue Members of a random house party wander around a large isolated mansion with the lights out and a dagger being passed around Murder Later, a strange hostage situation develops where nobody can esc...

The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery #1)
  • English
  • 01 June 2017
  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • 0140007709
  • Margery Allingham
  • The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery #1)