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A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by "one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel" (Alexander McCall Smith).

Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly... Read Full Overview

Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peter's body goes... Read Full Overview

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death... Read Full Overview

Several months after Albert Campion attends the funeral of an old school buddy, Roland Pig Peters, the detective is asked to investigate a country club murder. The victim turns out be to none other than the supposedly-dead-and-buried Pig Peters. As the death toll mounts, Campion... Read Full Overview

Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral.

Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peter's body goes missing... Read Full Overview