Sweet Danger is part of Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion mystery series. Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly — and suspiciously — become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership/5(). Sweet Danger is a campy sort of mystery, though the mystery really isn't much of a mystery. Campion is drool and amusing as he and a group of friends try to find the true heir to a piece of strategic property in a far off Balkan country. We get to meet the eccentric Finton family, in particular young Lady Amanda Finton, who scrape by running a mill. “Sweet Danger”, the British title of the fifth Albert Campion, should be a quotation from somewhere but no-one can trace it. The novel was written partly in response to the poor reception in the USA of “Police at the Funeral” and was begun after Allingham had embarked on “Death of a Ghost”.4/5.
Start your review of The Essential Margery Allingham Collection: Sweet Danger, Traitor's Purse, The Tiger in the Smoke (A Campion Mystery) Write a review. BookBear rated it it was amazing · review of another edition. Shelves: favorites, mysteries. Like many people today, my introduction to Margery Allingham and her detective. A gripping and suspenseful Albert Campion mystery by one of the queens of crime, Margery Allingham. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Sweet Danger features an afterword by international bestselling crime writer, Val McDermid. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Book Description. A gripping and suspenseful Albert Campion mystery by one of the queens of crime, Margery Allingham. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Sweet Danger features an afterword by international bestselling crime writer, Val McDermid. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Sweet Danger has a very real setting in Suffolk, a small and very rural village called Pontisbright with a windmill. It’s a sinister kind of place with an air of ancient practices and even witchcraft. The plot concerns lost treasure and a doubtful inheritance and a title. SWEET DANGER. Allingham, Margery. Published by Penguin rpt (Over 30 other books by this author also available.) Format: paperback. Reduced postage on multiple orders., Sweet Danger is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in October , in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, London and in the United States by The Crime Club as Kingdom of Death; later US versions used the title The Fear Sign.
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