Police at the funeral.

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Police at the funeral.
Margery Allingham
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Police at the funeral.

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The imperious Great Aunt Caroline Faraday runs her old Cambridge residence like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact that it's 1931. Furniture and meals are heavy and elaborate, both motorcars and morning tea are forbidden on account of vulgarity. The Faraday children--now well into middle age--chafe at the restrictions, but with no money of their own, they respond primarily by quarreling amongst themselves. The illustrious Faraday family endless squabbling is tedious, but the tense tranquility is punctured when Nephew Andrew vanished without trace one Sunday morning after church, only to be found dead in a secluded stream. Matters are complicated further by the murder of Julia, his petulant and whining sister, poisoned by her morning cup of tea. Though neither will be much missed, decency demands that Caroline Faraday hire the nearly respectable Albert Campion to investigate away from the bustle of Piccadilly,their untimely ends. Mr. Campion must untangle a web of family resentments, little does he expect to be greeted by a band of eccentric relatives all at daggers with each other. He must unravel a chillingly ingenious plot, strewn with red herrings to get to the real secret of the Faradays. Unfortunately, what Mr. Campion discovers will force the modern world relentlessly into Mrs. Faraday's stuffy Victorian parlor.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
277

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Cover of: Police At the Funeral (Campion Mystery)
Police At the Funeral (Campion Mystery)
April 3, 2007, Vintage Books
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Police At the Funeral
October 1, 1989, Crimeline
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Police at the Funeral
1987, Penguin Books Ltd
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Police at the Funeral
October 30, 1949, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Cover of: Police at the funeral.
Police at the funeral.
1939, Penguin Books
in English
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Police at the funeral
1931, Penguin Books
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Penguin books -- 219

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PR'6001'L678'P6'1939

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277 p.
Number of pages
277

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OL20041885M

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