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Pearls Before Swine
Pearls Before Swine | Margery Allingham
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World War II is limping to a close, but it isn't the Germans who are troubling the Dowager Marchioness of Carados right now. The problem is the potential derailment of her son's wedding by the discovery, in his bed, of the body of a distinctly inappropriate girl who seems to have swallowed a fatal handful of pills. Never one to be cowed, the Marchioness enlists a friend to dump the body in a temporarily empty flat. But the flat's owner?Albert Campion?returns home unexpectedly, on brief leave from the war. Understandably a bit put out, Campion determines nonetheless to carry out his original plan: A fast change of clothing and then off to the country. The police, however, have other ideas.
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Pearls Before Swine | Margery Allingham
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I had to attend a long work event today, so I've only managed 5 hours and 5 minutes so far for #DeweysReadathon, but I did finish a couple of books, including Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and this Albert Campion mystery from 1945, a.k.a. Coroner's Pidgin (the UK title). This edition's cover has a real 1970's look!

My #24B4Monday total is now 10 hours and 5 minutes. #TeamStoker
@Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid @jb72

Andrew65 A good time, especially with work. 👏👏👏 4y
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Coroner's Pidgin | Margery Allingham
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Poor Albert can't even have lunch in peace