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Mystery Mile |  | Author: Margery Allingham
Publisher: Woodhill Pr
Category: Book
Buy Used: £31.08
Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Paperback
ISBN: 0532122801
EAN: 9780532122807
ASIN: 0532122801
Publication Date: June 1975
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 Well performed potboiler September 10, 2008
Graham R. Hill (Ilkley)
This rattles along and keeps your interest as long as you don't stop to think although only one element was really a mystery to me (the reason behind St Swithin's seemingly motiveless act). Its central conceit is similar to Conan Doyle's Moriarty and frankly no more convincing. Campion could be a really irritating hero, but the narrator infuses him with a certain charm and also makes much of the other characters particularly Thos and Lug.
 another classic August 31, 2008
Dot Haydon (South Hertfordshire,England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mystery Mile is another great book from Margery Allingham. This is because although you meet the villan at the beginning you, do not know he is you simply think he is an art historian.
but when it does come to light that he is, that is where all the tension is, particular when he is facing off with Campion.
Once again Philip Franks gives his all. Get it and enjoy it.
The Art Deco Detective story November 4, 2007
Antony F. Potter (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Intrepid hero with attitude takes on subtle forces of darkness with the doubtful help of the comic, the profane and the reassuringly stupid character supporting cast. The plot rackets along with the total assurance of a Mistress of the genre. The characters are always interestingly original and Albert Campion is a triumph of the art deco period. Margery Allingham cannot be said to be underated but she is certainly under celebrated.
Simister is deeply sinister March 22, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Quite frankly anyone who could come up with a gang called after a man named 'Simister' and then describe it as 'sinister' has got it coming. That aside, this is probably one of the best Campion stories with lots of action and a good twist at the end. There are also lots of local yokels, two love stories and a bit of dodgy fortune telling. Not to mention a mysterious suicide and some very important quicksand. What more could you want?
 Period crime piece with lively events and characterisation October 26, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The second of Allingham's "Campion" books, which begins the development of his character from the fop of "The Crime at Black Dudley" to the serious amateur of the later novels. It starts off with the electrification of a mouse that leads to Campion being called upon to provide a safe haven for an American Judge Lobett from the sinister Simister gang. Local colour and atmosphere, intriguing characters: a good place to start getting to know and love Allingham's insights viewed through Campion's "Everyman". Not overly well paced but nevertheless a good period read, with hints of the wonders to come in "Tiger in the Smoke", especially the darker side of humanity as well as the eccentricities.
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