An artist\'s legacy lives on--through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists ( The Sunday Telegraph ). -- The Independent. -- The Washington Post Don\'t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction. -- The New Yorker Allingham was a rare and precious talent. --Agatha Christie The best of mystery writers. -- Boston Evening Transcript Praise for Margery Allingham Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. honestly, you can\'t go wrong with Death of a Ghost . . .
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And though he\'s one step behind a diabolical killer, Campion just might be next on the list of victims .
He\'s actually quite sure he knows who did the dastardly deed, but there\'s no evidence to prove it.
But was she angry enough to kill him? Campion thinks not.
Linda didn\'t take his suggestion of a ménage à trois well, to say the least.
The too obvious suspect is the artist\'s granddaughter, Linda Lafcadio, who was engaged to the victim until he brought back a model from Italy and married her.
Family friend Albert Campion is present during the deadly crime.
A power outage leaves everyone in the dark, and when the lights come back on, a man lies dead--stabbed through the heart with bejeweled scissors.
But this release party--bringing family, friends, critics, and collectors together--devolves into scandal.
Each year, one painting is revealed to kick off London\'s art season.
To vex his rival from the grave, a famous artist has left twelve paintings to be sold after his death.
An artist\'s legacy lives on--through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists ( The Sunday Telegraph )
