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Allingham, Margery
1904
1966
Carter, Margery Allingham
Youngman-Carter, Margery Allingham
The crime at Black Dudley
$aBaltimore, MD :$bPenguin Books Inc., $c1929, reprint 1967.
Published in the United States as: The Black Dudley murder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_at_Black_Dudley
Brian Raiter
"The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham is a detective novel written in the late 1920s. The story centers around George Abbershaw, a pathologist who finds himself entangled in a web of mystery and potential murder during a weekend stay at an eerie old mansion called Black Dudley. As Abbershaw navigates his feelings for the charming Margaret Oliphant, he also grapples with the unsettling atmosphere of the house, where past tragedies seem to linger. At the start of the narrative, Abbershaw arrives at Black Dudley, where he is quickly introduced to a diverse cast of characters, including Colonel Coombe, the host, and several intriguing guests. The ominous atmosphere intensifies with the introduction of the titular Black Dudley Dagger, a historically significant weapon associated with a past murder. The evening takes a dark turn when the Colonel suffers a heart attack, leading to Abbershaw's suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the man's death and the presence of blood on the dagger. As the party grapples with the Colonel's demise, Abbershaw becomes increasingly aware that the tension in Black Dudley runs deeper than mere coincidence, setting the stage for a complex investigation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100926005
20250208143449allingham
1929
US
Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Country homes -- England -- Fiction
Campion, Albert (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
Category: Novels
Category: British Literature
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