Margery: 168 books

Bearly Friends Big Bill Robertson would never forget Christmas eve; the night he answered a friend’s phone. As soon as he heard the soft voice on the other end of the line, he knew; it was his fated mate. Now he would never get a chance to meet her. Bill was dying. He was trapped in the...

«Margery Allingham splende come una stella.»Agatha ChristieLondra, Little Venice. Albert Campion viene a trovarsi sulla scena di un crimine, perpetrato, questa volta, durante un party a casa di Belle, la vedova di un famoso pittore del periodo edoardiano, John Sebastian Lafcadio. Lafcadio ha lasciato...

A girl gazes up in awe at the brightest star in the sky, but when the bright star fails to be equally impressed with the young girl, the girl becomes jealous and hatches a plan to bring the star down. In the end she must ,overcome her jealousy in order to discover it’s not how the star feels about...

Need a little sexy bite between meals? All of C. Margery Kempe's spicy romantic short stories have been gathered together to give you a hearty meal that satisfies—and you won't even need dessert. Of course you'll still want it all . . . Love on a Spoon Park Larks Sex Cymbals Ranger Danger Not...

Via time travel, Charlotte Makee, a 21st century anthropologist, meets an elderly Coast Miwok curer named Sekiak in the hills near Olompali in Marin County, California. Charlotte wishes to learn about Coast Miwok life before their society was disrupted and then destroyed by Catholic priests, Spanish...

Gentleman sleuth Albert Campion tries to solve the murder of a prominent publisher in this “vivid and witty” British mystery (The New York Times). Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar. All eyes are on the other...

“The Tiger in the Smoke is a phenomenal novel.” —J. K. Rowling A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London—so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumors are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding...

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 enough to trap all who enter . . . and someone in town...

Comprising of two short novellas, No Love Lost is a thrilling work of suspense. The Patient at Peacocks Hall: Dr Ann Fowler is a young doctor who has dedicated her life to medicine in the wake of heartbreak, after losing her childhood sweetheart to movie star Francia Forde. Until one day, when...

Murder takes center stage when a song-and-dance man is targeted, in an Albert Campion whodunit from “the best of mystery writers” (The New Yorker). When entertainer Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there’s only one man who can get to the bottom of the...

An unconventional parlor maid upends the lives of an aristocratic family in prewar England Cluny Brown refuses to know her place in society. Last week, she took herself to tea at the Ritz. Then she spent almost an entire day in bed eating oranges. So, to teach her discipline, her uncle, a plumber...

In print continuously for more than thirty years, this book is long established as a reliable and affectionate portrait of Michael Collins. First, published in 1971, its great strength is that the author was able to interview Collins' surviving contemporaries and was offered unrestricted access...

'The Scots have always been a restless people', says leading Scottish historian Marjory Harper 'but in the nineteenth century their restlessness exploded into a sustained surge of emigration that carried Scotland almost to the top of a European league table of emigrant exporting countries.' This is...

A Jazz Age socialite impulsively adopts an orphaned boy in this humorous, heartwarming tale In 1929 London, twenty-eight-year-old Lesley Frewen lives a privileged, cultured life. But one thing is missing: love. When her aunt’s female companion suddenly dies, leaving behind a young son, Lesley...