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Hide My Eyes

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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In Hide My Eyes, Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer. A spate of murders leaves him and his friend and colleague Inspector Luke, with only the baffling clues of a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin lettercase. However a chain of strange events leads them to an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet London neighbourhood where there is more going on than meets the eye.

©2013 Margery Allingham (P)2013 Audible Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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Critic reviews

"Allingham's work is always of the first rank" ( New York Times)
"Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world" ( Tatler)
"For the connoisseur of detective fiction" ( Sunday Times)
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I waited so long for story, and Campions part in it to get going that I was disappointed before I even got halfway. By the time I realised Campion only had a very small input to this story I had failed to enjoy the story itself. It was not what I expected as it was sold as a Campion novel .... so I did not get what I wanted.

NOT REALLY A CAMPION BOOK

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My favourite of the Campion books, a brilliantly clever story. Marjory Allingham was such a skilled story teller

Brilliant!

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This is listed as a Albert Campion story, but he plays a very minor role. This I found disappointing, as part of the enjoyment of these stories is his quirky personality. For that reason I didn't enjoy this as much as other Margery Allingham books.

Unexpected

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I regret that Campion seems to play a smaller and smaller part as the series goes on - but the clever plotting and insightful characters make listening well worth it.

Strong plot

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Enjoyable, a well defined villain & likeable heroes. The only fault I found was that it went into a bit of a gallop at the end….

Well crafted story

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Written in '58 this is a very modern portrait of a serial killer devoid of any "silly" scruples about murder.

Dark modern picture of a psychopath

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loved it all campion series is so good .brilliantly penned. golden age authors are great

fantastic

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While l enjoyed the novel and the story was excellent, Albert Campion appeared so tangentially as to make it a non-Campion, almost non-Allingham novel. The writing was up to the usual standard, the narration was superb as ever, but the ending was so abrupt that the novel felt unsatisfyingly incomplete, almost rushed. It would not distract me from listening to her other works because she's just too great a writer.

Where was Campion?

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What made the experience of listening to Hide My Eyes the most enjoyable?

This is a pacey story - moving much faster than the other Campion books. Luke plays a key role and although I didn't like the voice this reader gave him the story was very gripping and enjoyable.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Campion - who else in one of these books?

What about David Thorpe’s performance did you like?

I freely admit that Philip Franks is my absolute favourite for reading these books but he never recorded this one. David Thorpe did very well and gave each character a different voice.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

That would give away the plot. There are several poignant moments when someone realises the truth in stages.

Exciting Story Well Read

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Margery Allingham is clearly under-rated. I've listened to a few of hers now, they're always gripping and with a good balance of the human touch. This was the best I've listened to yet. You know who the criminal is from the start, and yet the character explorations and twists and turns make it utterly gripping. Just don't listen to it as you're going to bed!

The best one yet

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