A review by cakereads
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
3.0
Margery Allingham - one of the Queens of Crime during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, right alongside [a:Agatha Christie|123715|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1321738793p2/123715.jpg], [a:Dorothy L Sayers|14415699|Dorothy L Sayers|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and [a:Ngaio Marsh|68144|Ngaio Marsh|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1237946649p2/68144.jpg]. I'm a huge Christie fan, and I've read a few of Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey and liked it well enough. So it's only a matter of time I made my way to Allingham and Marsh.
The mystery is in this first book is not very twisty or intriguing - the plot is quite action-driven, what with our heroes trying to escape their predicament. Still where the book is excels is the protagonist Albert Campion. I see now why publishers loved his character so much they pushed Allingham to write more. He is definitely the highlight of the book, and I would continue reading this series just to read more about him!
Next on my list: Ngaio Marsh!
The mystery is in this first book is not very twisty or intriguing - the plot is quite action-driven, what with our heroes trying to escape their predicament. Still where the book is excels is the protagonist Albert Campion. I see now why publishers loved his character so much they pushed Allingham to write more. He is definitely the highlight of the book, and I would continue reading this series just to read more about him!
Next on my list: Ngaio Marsh!