The Tiger in the Smoke [abridged audiobook]
by Margery Allingham
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A jailbreaker and knife artist is at large in London and it falls to Albert Campion to hunt him downJack Havoc, jail-breaker and knife artist, is on the loose on the streets of London once again. In the faded squares of shabby houses, in the furtive alleys and darkened pubs, the word is out that the Tiger is back in town, more vicious than ever. It falls to Albert Campion to pit his wits against the killer and hunt him down through the city's November smog before it is too late."Tags
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A very atmospheric thriller with the fog of post-war London hampering the search for the killer and the killer's own search for his quary. Several chapters are very cinematic and I could see them as a screenplay while reading. The villans are thoroughly non-pc in the modern world but the theological/philosophical undertones of the story are what elevate it above the normal run of British whodunnits. Well worth a read on a foggy day.
What drew me to this particular detective story was that I'd heard it was pretty good on murky foggy post-war London. On that score I wasn't disappointed. The band (pun unintended) of ruffians was, to say the least, unusual, and worlds away from Ms Allingham's pre-war middle-class milieux.
ignore the above cover; purchased this in England so cover not available here - mine much better - featuring silhouette of tiger behind man holding dagger in upraised are w traditional lamp post to the right
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Margery Allingham, one of England's leading mystery writers, was born on May 20, 1904, in Ealing, a western suburb of London, but grew up in a remote village in Essex. Both of her parents were writers, and Margery carried on that tradition when she sold her first short story as an eight-year-old. At the Regent Street Polytechnic, she continued show more writing and studied drama and speech. While there, she wrote a verse play, Dido and Aeneas, in which she had a starring role during performances in London. At age 19, Allington published her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick. She wrote another novel, The White Cottage Mystery, before creating her most famous character, Albert Campion, in The Black Dudley Murder (published in England as The Crime at Black Dudley) in 1929. Allington went on to create twenty-eight more Campion mysteries, including several collections. She wrote more than 10 other novels, some under the pseudonym Maxwell March, as well as four novellas and sixty-four short stories. During World War II, Allingham served as First Aid Commandant for her district, organized the billeting and care of evacuees from London, and allowed her house to be turned into a temporary military base for eight officers and two hundred men of the Cameronians. The war greatly deepened Allingham's passion for her country, as evidenced in her later works. Allingham died of cancer on June 30, 1966. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- This is an abridged audiobook. Please do not combine it with the unabridged version, or with other audiobook versions (unless confirmed to be the same). Thank you!
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