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Albert Campion Mysteries — by Margery Allingham
Albert Campion Mysteries Series in Order: 43 books
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The Crime at Black Dudley // The Black Dudley Murder
Book - 1
The Black Dudley is an ancient, remote mansion inhabited by recluse, Colonel Combe, but owned by Waytt Petrie, a young academic who decides to revive his property with a weekend party to which he invites his friends and colleagues. Among the guests i...
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Mystery Mile
Book - 2
A red chess piece... An improbable suicide... A disappearing judge... These were the clues to a killer whose victims never escaped. Judge Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang t...
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Look to the Lady // The Gyrth Chalice Mystery
Book - 3
The Gyrth family had guarded the Gyrth Chalice for hundreds of years. It was held by them for the British Crown. Its antiquity, its beauty, the legends that were connected with it, all combined to make it unique. It was irreplaceable. No thief could ...
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Police at the Funeral
Book - 4
The imperious Great Aunt Caroline Faraday runs her old Cambridge residence like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact that it's 1931. Furniture and meals are heavy and elaborate, both motorcars and morning tea are forbidden on account of...
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Sweet Danger // Kingdom of Death // The Fear Sign
Book - 5
Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan principality of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it extremely strategically important to...
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Death of a Ghost
Book - 6
John Sebastian Lafcadio, is one of the greatest painters of the Edwardian period, and his ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. Lafcadio was not only a brilliantl...
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Flowers for the Judge // Legacy in Blood
Book - 7
Confidential Investigator Albert Campion A tall, thin man with overly large spectacles, he is deceptively unobtrusive when tracking down a killer and uncannily capable of predicting the deadly twists of a criminal's mind. He is unquestionably a ge...
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Dancers in Mourning // Who Killed Chloe?
Book - 8
Jimmy Sutane is London's favorite song-and-dance man, headlining at the Argosy Theatre, and beloved by all. Or almost all: Someone has taken to playing increasingly nasty pranks. Albert Campion, that peculiar young man with the knack for solving prob...
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The Case of the Late Pig
Book - 9.1
THE CORPSE WHO WOULDN'T STAY DEAD When Albert Campion is called upon to investigate a murder in a small town, he discovers that the victim is none other than an old schoolmate, R.I. Peters, a.k.a. Pig, whose funeral he'd attended not six months ea...
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Coroner's Pidgin // Pearls Before Swine
Book - 10
"Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever." -- Sara Paretsky World War II is limping to a close and private detective Albert Campion has just returned from ...
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The Fashion in Shrouds
Book - 11
HOMICIDE WITH STYLE Among the beautiful George Wells's suicide was last wiles gossip. But Campion stubbornly refused to close his personal books on the affair. It came down to professional ethics, a commodity rare in aristocratic circles. He had b...
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Mr Campion and Others
Book - 12
A baker's dozen of cases, each putting Albert Campion through his paces. In this miscellany of villainy, our unconventional sleuth must contand with misbehaving debutantes, sinister smuggling rings, a Dowager Countess who's not all that she ...
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The Name on the Wrapper
Book - 12.01
In The Name on the Wrapper, Margery Allingham delivers another brilliant short mystery featuring the enigmatic detective Albert Campion. When a seemingly insignificant piece of packaging is discovered at the scene of a crime, it becomes the key to un...
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The Hat Trick
Book - 12.02
Mr. Campion received the hat as a sentimental tribute. Mrs Wynyard pressed it into his hand at her farewell party at the Braganza on the night before she sailed home to New York....
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The Case of the Question Mark
Book - 12.03
Wool Miss Chloe Pleyell became engaged to Sir Matthew Pearing, K.C., Mr. Albert Campion crossed her name off his private list......
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Safe As Houses
Book - 12.06
Campion came gingerly down the steep staircase of the White Lion Inn at Little Chittering in Sussex with two important queries occupying his mind....
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The Definite Article
Book - 12.07
In The Definite Article, Margery Allingham once again delivers a gripping and intelligent mystery featuring the unassuming yet brilliant detective Albert Campion. When a seemingly insignificant object -- a rare and valuable artifact -- disappears und...
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The Meaning of the Act
Book - 12.08
In The Meaning of the Act, Margery Allingham crafts a clever and suspenseful short mystery featuring the ever-charming and sharp-witted detective Albert Campion. What starts as an ordinary social engagement soon turns into a puzzling case of crime, d...
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A Matter of Form
Book - 12.09
The trouble with crime today, remarked Superintendent Stanislaus Oates seriously, is that one almost gets too much of it, if you see what I mean....
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The Danger Point
Book - 12.1
Mr. Albert Campion glanced round the dinner table with the very fashionable if somewhat disconcerting mirror top and wondered vaguely why he had been asked, and afterwards.......
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Traitor's Purse // The Sabotage Murder Mystery
Book - 13
Albert Campion had had a very bad night. It wasn't just the rain, or the problems with the rental car. It wasn't even waking up in the hospital after the accident -- with no identity. His mind was wiped completely blank, only vague, indistinct nightm...
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Pearls Before Swine
Book - 14
A tall, thin man with overly large spectacles, he is deceptively unobtrusive when tracking down a killer and uncannily capable of predicting the deadly twists of a criminal's mind. He is unquestionably a gentleman, but even Lugg, his dauntless valet,...
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The Case Book of Mr. Campion
Book - 15
Contains: The Case of the Question Mark The Crimson Letter The Definite Article The Magic Hat A Matter of Form The Meaning of the Act Safe As Houses...
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More Work for the Undertaker
Book - 16
AND THEN THERE WERE THREE Their parents are dead. Their fortune is lost. And the five Palinode siblings are shunned by their neighbors as hopeless eccentrics. Suddenly, two of them are found dead -- under the most suspicious circumstances. The survi...
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The Tiger in the Smoke // Tiger Loose
Book - 17
DEARLY BELOVED MURDER Lovely Meg Elginbrodde's marriage to self-made millionaire, Geoffrey Levett, promised to be one of the season's happiest affairs. Until Meg began receiving photographs of her late husband, Martin, who had presumably been kille...
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The Beckoning Lady // The Estate of the Beckoning Lady
Book - 18
TWO MURDERS TOO MANY Little Doom, the pesky tax-collector, meets his big doom violently -- bashed like a mosquito in an open meadow. Soon after, old Uncle William expires peacefully in his room at The Beckoning Lady. Albert Campion has a hunch that ...
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Hide My Eyes // Tether's End // Ten Were Missing
Book - 19
THE CORPSE WENT BY BUS "The Goff Place mystery" remained unsolved, the body of the murdered pawnbroker never found. On the night of the killing, a bus had parked on the narrow cul-de-sac. Witnesses saw two elderly passengers dozing. Later a ghastl...
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The China Governess
Book - 20
THE TRUTH THAT KILLS Adopted heir Timothy Kinnit refuses to marry his beloved Julia until he learns the truth about his parentage. But when Albert Campion traces the roots of young Timothy's family tree, he finds them buried in a century-old scand...
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The Mind Readers
Book - 21
A mysterious invention causes mayhem in a coastal English village -- from "my very favourite of the four Queens of Crime" (J. K. Rowling). The ancient hamlet of Saltey, once the haunt of smugglers, now hides a secret rich and mysterious enoug...
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Cargo of Eagles
Book - 22
HELL ON WHEELS Once the gathering place of pirates and smugglers, the town of Saltey has now been overrun by motorcycle gangs, ex-convicts and a nasty collection of contemporary cutthroats. But a missing treasure and a resurrected local demon enti...
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The Allingham Case-Book
Book - 22.5
Eighteen delightful mysteries from the Queen of Crime, guaranteed to baffle the most ingenious of armchair detectives -- and even, at times, the imperturbable Albert Campion himself. Enjoy Margery Allingham at her witty best as she spins delicious...
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The Allingham Minibus // Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Stories
Book - 23
Contains: The Barbarian Bird Thou Never Wert The Correspondents He Preferred Them Sad He Was Asking After You The Man with the Sack Mr. Campion's Lucky Day The Perfect Butler Publicity A Quarter of a Million The Same to Us The Secret ...
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The Return of Mr. Campion
Book - 24
'Nowadays, the Mystery goes everywhere.' In this fantastic collection of thirteen short stories, Margery Allingham explores both the Mystery and the other genres it has allowed her to write. From a Christmastime story and a portrait of her lead...
Series Premise
Each book centers on a complete mystery case that Campion solves using observation, intellect, and a network of unusual contacts. The stories combine clever plotting with gradual revelations about both the crime and the people involved.
Albert Campion Mysteries Series Reading Order
🔄 Best Read in Order · Start with Book 1: The Crime at Black Dudley // The Black Dudley Murder
Standalone stories, but characters and relationships develop across the series.
Publication order gives the best experience because character relationships and personal developments unfold gradually. Each book has a complete central mystery plot with its own resolution, but ongoing character arcs carry across the series. Readers who read out of order miss important context about Campion’s evolving personal life and connections with recurring characters.
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Albert Campion Mysteries Series Characters
Albert Campion serves as the central, deceptively mild-mannered detective. His household includes the gruff ex-convict valet Magersfontein Lugg, while inventor Amanda Fitton becomes a key romantic partner and later wife, with their son Rupert appearing in later books.
Setting of the Albert Campion Mysteries Series
The series is set primarily in England, spanning the 1930s to the post-war years. Stories move between London, country estates, quiet villages, and sophisticated social circles where appearances often hide darker truths.
Tone & Themes of the Albert Campion Mysteries Series
The books maintain a witty, sophisticated Golden Age mystery tone with psychological insight. Recurring themes include the contrast between public image and private reality, social class, identity, and the moral complexities of justice.
Is the Albert Campion Mysteries Series Worth Reading?
This series appeals to readers who enjoy classic British detective fiction with strong characterization and layered puzzles. It suits fans of thoughtful mysteries where the detective’s personal growth adds depth to individual cases.
Content Warnings and Heat Level
The series contains descriptions of murder and crime typical of traditional mysteries, without graphic violence. Romance is present but handled discreetly, with mild language overall.
The Albert Campion Mysteries series offers intricate cases through the eyes of one of detective fiction’s most distinctive sleuths. Following the books in order lets readers track Campion’s development from enigmatic adventurer to family man. It provides a rewarding experience for those seeking well-crafted mysteries with lasting character depth.
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