Последние издания книг Марджери Аллингем

Марджери Луиза Эллингем — английская писательница, принадлежащая «золотому веку английской литературы», признанная «королева детектива» наряду с Агатой Кристи, Дороти Сэйерс и Найо Марш. Наибольшую известность приобрели книги Эллингем о сыщике-джентльмене Альберте Кэмпионе. В этот том вошли первые три романа ее главного цикла. Когда Джорджа Эббершоу приглашают на уик-энд в Блэк-Дадли, он видит в этом шанс сделать предложение Мегги Олифант. Но безобидное развлечение гостей превращается в смертельную игру, и поиск преступника теперь занимает Джорджа больше, чем будущая помолвка. Вэл Гирт едва не стал жертвой похитителей. Он и не подозревает, насколько велика грозящая ему опасность, — в отличие от таинственного мистера Кэмпиона, сыщика-любителя, который сообщает ему новость: за древней чашей, отданной на сохранение семье Вэла, охотится шайка дерзких грабителей. В руках судьи Крауди Лоббетта — улики, раскрывающие личность преступного гения. Четыре покушения на жизнь вынуждают судью обратиться за помощью к Альберту Кэмпиону. Сыщик решает спрятать Лоббетта в Мистери-Майл, но это поместье превращается в западню.

Murder never takes a holiday
A rock pool with a deadly secret. A bank holiday heatwave dominated by the murder of an unknown man.
A sun-drenched picnic that ends in a sinister locked-room mystery. And an Adriatic holiday interrupted by a beautiful couple ... who aren't quite who they seem to be.
All these, and many more, can be found in these classic stories of summertime murder and mayhem, featuring masters of the genre from Dorothy L. Sayers to Arthur Conan Doyle. From St Mark's Square in Venice to the English seaside, their tales will puzzle, entertain and prove that - no matter how far you travel - there's no rest for the wicked.

A rich collection of classic Christmas mysteries
Christmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder.
Here, ten masters of the genre serve up mystery and mayhem aplenty. From a dowager's missing jewels to a festive dinner gone horribly wrong, these classic crime stories will delight, puzzle and satisfy long after the last strands of tinsel have been cleared away.

The second volume of the bestselling festive crime collection, following on from Murder under the Christmas Tree
Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the sky, presents lie under the tree ... and murder is afoot. In this collection of ten classic murder mysteries by the best crime writers from the 1920s to today, death and mayhem take many festive forms, from the inventive to the unexpected.
From a Santa Claus with a grudge to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring fire, mince pie in hand.

We wish you a very murderous Christmas...
The Christmas season is one of comfort and joy, sparkling lights and steam rising from cups of mulled wine at frosty carol services. A season of goodwill, as families and friends come together to forget their differences and celebrate.
Unless, of course, you happen to be harbouring a grudge. Or hiding a guilty secret. Or you want something so much you just have to have it - whatever the cost. In A Very Murderous Christmas, ten of the best classic crime writers come together to unleash festive havoc, with murder, mayhem and twists aplenty.
From a murder aboard a snow-bound train to a pantomime costume that takes on a life of its own, these are mysteries as rich and satisfying as a Christmas dinner.

Murder most festive: a selection of puzzling Christmas mysteries from the creme de la creme of crime writers.
Christmas is a time of goodwill to all men ... or is it?
As the nights draw in, throw another log on the fire and settle back into your armchair to enjoy this collection of ten classic Christmas mysteries, in which crime's best known sleuths, from Rebus to Holmes and Cadfael to Father Brown, uncover murder and mayhem galore.
Whether it's a Christmas goose with a surprising secret cargo, a murdered pantomime dame, or a killer who departs the scene of the crime without leaving a single footprint, these stories will puzzle and delight in equal measure. And along the way, there'll be enough carols and Christmas pudding, mistletoe and mulled wine, to warm the heart of a stone-cold killer ... perhaps.

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?
Scandal, secrets and suspicions abound when one of the directors at the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas is found dead, locked in the company’s strongroom.
All eyes are on the other partners at the firm – cousins of the dead man with much to gain from his demise – and all rumours hint at a connection to the disappearance of another director decades earlier.
Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion – but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it forever?
As urbane as Lord Wimsey…as ingenious as Poirot… Meet one of crime fiction’s Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.

Agatha Christie called her ‘a shining light’. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?
A baker’s dozen of cases, each putting Albert Campion through his paces. In this miscellany of villainy, our unconventional sleuth must contend with misbehaving debutantes, sinister smuggling rings, a Dowager Countess who’s not all that she seems, an SOS message daubed in lipstick, a beleaguered New York socialite, and an elderly Egyptologist indulging in some bad behaviour…

Arcturus Crime Classics showcase unjustly neglected works by great writers from the 1930s - the so-called golden age of crime writing - through to the 1970s. From conventional who­dunnits to slick thrillers, the series encompasses every facet of this ever-popular genre.
Allingham's ever-popular gentleman-detective, Albert Campion, features in all of the thrilling crime stories presented in this collection, which include the cases of The Wan with the Sack, The Old Man in the Window, The White Elephant, The Definite Article and My Friend Mr Campion, as well as one of her greatest pure mysteries, The Case of the Late Pig, the only Campion story ever told by the great sleuth himself.

Попытка своими глазами посмотреть на наяду — речную нимфу, — которую, по слухам, видели в окрестностях Уинчестера, обернулась для мисс Кармоди, ее молоденькой племянницы Конни и родственников — семейной пары Тидсон, свидетельством жестокого убийства мальчика, чье тело выловили из ручья.
Мистер Тидсон уверяет всех, что мальчишку наверняка утопила наяда, однако мисс Кармоди начинает подозревать в этом преступлении самого Тидсона. Какие основания у нее могут быть для этого? А через некоторое время находят тело еще одного подростка... Полиция теряется в догадках, но на помощь им придет миссис Брэдли.