More Work for the Undertaker
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| Author | Margery Allingham |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Albert Campion |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Released | 1949 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780099506072 (2007 Vintage) |
| Preceded by | The Casebook of Mr Campion (short stories) |
| Followed by | Deadly Duo |
More Work for the Undertaker is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1949, in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York.
[edit] Plot introduction
In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths. And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth.
[edit] References
- Margery Allingham, More Work for the Undertaker, (London: William Heinemann, 1949)
- Margery Allingham, More Work for the Undertaker, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
[edit] External links
- An Allingham bibliography, with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society
- A page about the book from the Margery Allingham Archive
