Order of Margery Allingham Books

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

Publication Order of Albert Campion Collections

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

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Blackkerchief Dick	(1923)
The White Cottage Mystery	(1927)
The Man of Dangerous Secrets	(1933)
Black Plumes	(1940)
The Oaken Heart	(1941)
Dance of the Years / The Galantrys	(1943)
The Patient at Peacocks Hall	(1954)
Safer Than Love	(1954)
Take Two at Bedtime	(1991)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

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

Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books

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

Publication Order of Anthologies

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense	(2000)
Crime Story Collection	(2000)
Crime Never Pays	(2001)

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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