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More Work for the Undertaker

by Margery Allingham · 1948

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Elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion investigates two deaths in the eccentric Palinode household. If poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin.

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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