With gentleman sleuth Albert Campion on the case and plenty of European intrigue, Sweet Danger is for the connoisseur of detective fiction ( Sunday Times ). -- The New Yorker. --Agatha Christie The best of mystery writers.
And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance.
Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.
The clock is ticking for Campion and his cohorts to outwit the thugs and solve the mystery of Averna.
Unfortunately for them, a criminal financier and his heavies are also on the trail.
Her family claim to be the rightful heirs to the principality, and insist on joining Campion\'s quest.
His mission takes him from the French Riviera to the sleepy village of Pontisbright, where he meets the flame-haired Amanda Fitton.
Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly--and suspiciously--become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership.
With gentleman sleuth Albert Campion on the case and plenty of European intrigue, Sweet Danger is for the connoisseur of detective fiction ( Sunday Times )