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Police at the Funeral

An Albert Campion Mystery

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Police at the Funeral

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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About this listen

When Albert Campion is called in by the fiancee of an old college friend to investigate the disappearance of her uncle, he little expects the mysterious spate of death and dangers that follows among the bizarre inhabitants of Socrates Close, Cambridge. He and Stanislaus Oates must tread carefully, and battle some complex family dynamics, to solve the case.

AuthorMargery 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

©2013 Margery Allingham (P)2013 Audible Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime

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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)
"Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered" ( P.D. James)
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I am not fond of this narrator but his inane performance is made worse by the fact that repetition and yawning have not been edited out. Wherever possible I choose Campion stories narrated by Francis Matthews.

Poor narration and editing

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This is my second book in the series narrated by David Thorpe and he spoiled it for me again. His voices are exceedingly poor and are somewhere between parody and incompetence. His female voices, in particular, are simply dreadful. I shall not be keen to make his acquaintance a third time,

Poor characterisations

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Very enjoyable in the classic English mystery way. Would recommend highly and will add other titles from this series. Thumbs up

Didn't seem like 9 hours!

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Once again, a good story and interpretation by the Narrator but Chapter 15 appears to be poorly edited, with several lines duplicated and even a yawn left in. It did rather let David Thorpe’s excellent narration down a bit.
The story itself, although a good yarn could have done with a good edit, as the Author indulges herself in over-wordy passages, which can get tedious, as can the increasingly irritating persona which Campion dons.
However, I’m sticking with the series in the hope he matures with age😊

Great story, great narration but spoiled by the editing

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The dated language won’t be for everyone - but a cracking yarn nevertheless and brilliantly narrated.

Great listen

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