{"product_id":"cargo-of-eagles-volume-19-9781504091800","title":"Cargo of Eagles: Volume 19","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lively British mystery from \"one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel\" (Alexander McCall Smith).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrange things are happening in Saltey. The little village on the Essex coast is invaded by bikers and a parade of peculiar visitors, a newly released prisoner is rumored to be in the area, Mr. Lugg has bought a bungalow there, the Saltey Demon is on the loose again . . . and Albert Campion is looking for the disappearance of thousands of pounds of gold coinage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Margery Allingham's final novel featuring her famous gentleman sleuth, overflowing with evil arch-villains and classic thuggery against the atmospheric backdrop of postwar England.\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\"Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.\" --Agatha Christie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902448439570,"sku":"9781504091800","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a38787d0-7603-4639-8a9b-00709a782873.jpg?v=1738455664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cargo-of-eagles-volume-19-9781504091800","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}