Margery Allingham (1904-1966) was an English author of crime fiction, best known for her novels featuring Albert Campion. She started out writing for The Strand, but stopped once her Albert Campion series gained enough success. Allingham died in 1966 from breast cancer.

Margery Allingham became a published author in 1929 with The Crime at Black Dudley. The series concluded in 1971 with Mr. Campion’s Quarry, although short story collections have been published since. Below is a list of Margery Allingham’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Albert Campion Books

(with Mike Ripley)

The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder (1929)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery Mile (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Look to the Lady / The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Police at the Funeral (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sweet Danger / The Fear Sign (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death of a Ghost (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flowers for the Judge (1936)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Case of the Late Pig (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dancers in Mourning / Who Killed Chloe? (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fashion in Shrouds (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Traitor's Purse (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coroner's Pidgin / Pearls Before Swine (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
More Work for the Undertaker (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Beckoning Lady / The Estate of the Beckoning Lady (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hide My Eyes / Tether's End (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The China Governess (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mind Readers (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cargo of Eagles (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Quarry / Falcon (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Farewell (By: Mike Ripley) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Fox (By: Mike Ripley) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Fault (By: Mike Ripley) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Abdication (By: Mike Ripley) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr Campion's War (By: Mike Ripley) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr Campion's Visit (By: Mike Ripley) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr Campion's Seance (By: Mike Ripley) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr Campion's Coven (By: Mike Ripley) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Wings (By: Mike Ripley) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Mosaic (By: Mike Ripley) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Albert Campion Collections

Mr. Campion and Others (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Danger Point and Other Mysteries (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Campion at Christmas (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Case Book of Mr. Campion (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Blackkerchief Dick (1923)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The White Cottage Mystery (1927)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man of Dangerous Secrets (As: Maxwell March) (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rogues' Holiday (As: Maxwell March) (1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil and Her Son (As: Maxwell March) (1936)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Plumes (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oaken Heart (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dance of the Years / The Galantrys (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Patient at Peacocks Hall (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Safer Than Love (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Take Two at Bedtime (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Deadly Duo (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Love Lost (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Allingham Case-Book (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Allingham Minibus (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Darings of the Red Rose (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Christmas Most Foul (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books

Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on Christmas Eve (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Six Against the Yard(1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nine Detective Stories(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
English Country House Murders(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fifty Best Mysteries(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crime Story Collection(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crime Never Pays(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Crime at Black Dudley is also titled The Black Dudley Murder. Look to the Lady was also published as The Gyrth Chalice Mystery. Sweet Danger is also known as The Fear Sign and as Kingdom of Death. Dancers in Mourning is also known as Who Killed Chloe?. Coroner’s Pidgin is also titled Pearls Before Swine. The Beckoning Lady is also known as The Estate of the Beckoning Lady. Traitor’s Purse was also published under the title The Sabotage Murder Mystery. Hide My Eyes is also known as Tether’s End. Mr. Campion and Others was also published as Mr. Campion, Criminologist. Mr. Campion’s Quarry was also known as Mr. Campion’s Falcon. Mr. Campion’s Fathing and Mr. Campion’s Quarry were finished by Philip Youngman Carter. Take Two at Bedtime was also published as Take Two at Bedtime. Other Man’s Danger is also known as The Man of Dangerous Secrets. Rogue’s Holiday, Other Man’s Danger and The Shadow in the House were written using the pen name of Maxwell March. Mr. Campion’s Fox was written by Mike Ripley.

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