{"product_id":"hide-my-eyes-paperback","title":"Hide My Eyes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargery Allingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrivate detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London's theatre district, in this crime novel from \"the best of mystery writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of London to a scrapyard in the East End.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Allingham shows her dark edge in \u003ci\u003eHide My Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and evokes the sights, sounds, and inimitable atmosphere of 1950s London, once again proving herself \"one of the finest 'golden age' crime novelists\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allingham's characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains.\" --\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargery Allingham, born in 1904 to Emily and Herbert Allingham, was an esteemed English novelist, author, and editor of \u003ci\u003eChristian Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew London Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Considered one of the four \"Queens of Crime\" from the golden age of detective fiction, Allingham began writing stories and plays at a young age and published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlackkerchief Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, at 19. She later studied drama and speech training at Regent Street Polytechnic in London. Allingham is best known for her character Albert Campion, a sleuth first introduced in \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of Black Dudley\u003c\/i\u003e. Campion was featured in seventeen subsequent novels, and even more short stories. Allingham continued to write until her death on June 30, 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749199315232,"sku":"9781504091893","price":24.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a4f110435a9e302f5eae67af51d3bd6.webp?v=1779926262","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hide-my-eyes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}