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Dancers in Mourning

An Albert Campion Mystery

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Dancers in Mourning

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Jimmy Sutane is London's favorite song-and-dance man, headlining at the Argosy Theatre, and beloved by all. Or almost all - someone has taken to playing increasingly nasty pranks. Albert Campion offers to poke around, but what he finds chez Sutane nearly overwhelms him. The far-from traditional household features a clutch of explosive egos, including a brooding 'genius musician,' and a melodramatic young actress who seems to delight in drawing others into her web of carefully groomed tragedy. Someone here is aiming to hang up Sutane's tap shoes on a permanent basis, and if Campion is to keep Jimmy dancing, he'll have to come up with some pretty fancy footwork of his own.

Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. Her first novel was published when she was seventeen. In 1929 she published The Crime at Black Dudley and introduced the character who was to become the hallmark of her writing - Albert Campion.

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Critic reviews

"Miss Allingham's strength resides in the power of her characterizations, in her striking talent for painting vivid social backgrounds, and in her skillful use of language" ( Guardian)
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Good book. Lots of avenues to explore and plenty of red herrings to fall for.

A fine dance for audience

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Interesting twists on the characters - but the usual mixture of mystery and insight. Recommended.

Period piece

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Allingham is too often overlooked in the Golden Era of the crime detective genre but she was, quite simply, one of the very best. She's on the same level as Christie, Marsh and Sayers and her magnificent creation, Albert Campion, is uniquely witty and wonderful in the seemingly ponderous manner in which he resolves crimes. Dancers in Mourning is resplendent with the gorgeous writing of Allingham whose style is particular to her, while reminiscent of Marsh. That is to say, it's beautiful and evocative of an era long past where precision meant everything. Allingham never lets you down. Simply magnificent.

Allingham the Great

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Where does Dancers in Mourning rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is a book that deserves to be near the top of the tree in the Margery Allingham canon.

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This book follows similar lines to the other Albert Campion books. Very well crafted with good interaction between the numerous character especially Lugg and Campion. I thought it was a little bit slow in starting but once the bodies started appearing it took off. If you ever get a paper version of this book, whatever you do don't loose the last page, as it's only in the last paragraph you find out "who done it". I was wrong by the way. Excellent book.

A Cracking Mystery

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Gripping , sufficiently complex and enjoyable, although I did identify the murderer quite early on.

Another case to showcase Campion and Lugg

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