Black Plumes

Black Plumes

GET A FREE, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MARGERY ALLINGHAM STORY http://www.margeryallinghamcrime.com/signup/ <br /> <br /> The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder of the proprietor's son-in-law, Robert, sets the stage for another finely tuned Allingham mystery. <br /> <br /> Gabrielle Ivory was once a society beauty of such exquisite arrogance that she stared down a queen. But now, nearing 90, she's largely disregarded by the younger members of the Ivory clan, who like to imagine Granny as a bedridden relic of a dead era. That's a mistake, and it's not their only one. A series of malicious attacks is threatening the family business - the family, desperate to preserve the status quo, want to chalk it all up to practical jokes gone wrong. But Gabrielle suspects otherwise... <br /> <br /> A brilliant standalone mystery from the author of the beloved Campion books. Golden Age Crime at its intriguing best. <br /> <br />Reviews <br /> <br />‘My very favourite of the four queens of crime is Allingham’ – J.K. Rowling <br />‘The best of mystery writers’ – The New Yorker <br />‘Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance’ - Agatha Christie <br />‘Margery Allingham has precious few peers and no superiors’ - The Sunday Times <br />‘Allingham’s work is always of the first rank’ – New York Times <br />‘Unforgettable.’ – A.S. Byatt <br />‘Margery Allingham was one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel.’ - Alexander McCall Smith <br />‘Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered’ - P.D. James <br />‘The real queen of crime’ - Guardian <br />‘As addictive as cocaine’ – Independent <br />‘Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever’ – Sara Paretsky <br />‘Allingham’s characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains’ – Times Literary Supplement <br />‘Always of the elect, Margery Allingham now towers above them’ – Observer <br />‘Spending an evening with Campion is one of life’s pure pleasures’ – Saturday Review <br />‘The Dickens of detective writing’ - The Telegraph <br />‘Allingham captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fiction’ - Daily Express