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Margery Allingham

Born

in Ealing, London, The United Kingdom

May 20, 1904

Died

June 30, 1966

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Aka Maxwell March.

Margery Louise Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family of writers. Her father, Herbert John Allingham, was editor of The Christian Globe and The New London Journal, while her mother wrote stories for women's magazines as Emmie Allingham. Margery's aunt, Maud Hughes, also ran a magazine. Margery earned her first fee at the age of eight, for a story printed in her aunt's magazine.

Soon after Margery's birth, the family left London for Essex. She returned to London in 1920 to attend the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), and met her future husband, Philip Youngman Carter. They married in 1928. He was her collaborator and designed the cover jackets for many of her books.

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Margery Allingham’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 82,556 ratings · 7,462 reviews · 270 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 9,386 ratings — published 1929 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 7,242 ratings — published 1931 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14) 3.90 avg rating — 5,889 ratings — published 1952 — 171 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 5,652 ratings — published 1930 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 3,905 ratings — published 1933 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 3,651 ratings — published 1931 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 3,185 ratings — published 1934 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,915 ratings — published 1936 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery, #10) 3.92 avg rating — 2,906 ratings — published 1938 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13) 3.96 avg rating — 2,648 ratings — published 1948 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Albert Campion (21 books)
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Quotes by Margery Allingham (?)

“She rose and followed her bust from the room.”
― Margery Allingham

tags: humor

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“The process of elimination, combined with a modicum of common sense, will always assist us to arrive at the correct conclusion with the maximum of possible accuracy and the minimum of hard labor. Which being translated means: I guessed it.”
― Margery Allingham, Look to the Lady

tags: albert-campion, humor, mystery

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“I believe that an author who cannot control her characters is, like a mother who cannot control her children, not really fit to look after them.”
― Margery Allingham

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Polls

Which holiday-themed mystery should we read in December?

An English Murder by Cyril Hare

7 votes, 21.9%

A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories by Georges Simenon

6 votes, 18.8%

The Egyptian Cross Mystery by Ellery Queen

6 votes, 18.8%

Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories by Margery Allingham

5 votes, 15.6%

And Four to Go by Rex Stout

4 votes, 12.5%

Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

3 votes, 9.4%

The Night of Fear by Moray Dalton

1 vote, 3.1%

32 total votes

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