{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-late-pig-paperback","title":"The Case of the Late Pig - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargery Allingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrivate 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 Peters's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Late Pig\u003c\/i\u003e is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham's inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.\"--J. K. Rowling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.\"--P.D. James\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 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751245545760,"sku":"9781504091817","price":19.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5541b2a30569a28981542b5950311cd9.webp?v=1779968593","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-late-pig-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}