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Classic Crime from the Golden Age, the first in the Albert Campion Series. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favourite Golden Age author. George Abbershaw is set for a social weekend at Black Dudley manor, hosted by Wyatt Petrie and his elderly uncle Colonel Combe, who enjoys the company of Bright…

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1 author picked The Crime at Black Dudley as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book introduces one of my favorite sleuths, Albert Campion. But what’s fun is that Allingham never tells the story from Campion’s point of view.

We only see him from the outside, as others do. This adds to the fun and intrigue. And there’s lots of that. In a spooky old English country mansion full of strangers, the host is murdered, and the rest of the crew goes on a twisty, scary roller-coaster ride driven by an assortment of secrets and criminal schemes—which we must slowly figure out.

This one had me on the edge of my chair, wondering what…

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Railroad Ties: The Marmion Grove Murders is the first of my novels set in my hometown, and in the house I grew up in. 

The town was founded as a retreat from DC summers. Filled with hundred-year-old trees, including the majestic swamp magnolias, there are no sidewalks and no…

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