Category: Margery Allingham

• June 21, 2025

  Flowers for the Judge

  Margery Allingham, 1936 It’s no secret that I’m a big Campion fan. Originally designed to be a parody of the upper-class amateur detective, particularly Sayer’s Peter Wimsey, as time goes on and the series develops, Campion develops himself and becomes his own distinct(ish) self. This is helped by the two authors’ different writing styles, with…
• January 21, 2024

  The Case of the Late Pig

  Margery Allingham, originally published 1937 I would say that Margery Allingham is an author who does not get enough credit for her work. She is one of the ‘Queens of Crime’, yes but rarely would I guess her name is the first name that would come to someone’s mind when listing Classic Crime authors. Third…