Book 63 for 2009
The Case Of The Late Pig by Margery Allingham
I came to Margery Allingham's detective novels featuring Albert Campion via the BBC's adaptations with Peter Davison in the title role, and the books which were used for the series were the easiest to get hold of, so this is one of the few series with which I've broken my usual rule of reading in order.
This was one of the adapted books and one of the first I read at the time. Re-reading it to my husband I can see some justice in his accusation that it was rather slow to start and plods along rather. And the resolution is perhaps a little too rapid. But I enjoyed the writing and the characters nonetheless.
The plot centres on a man named Peters (known as "Pig") who bullied Campion when they were at school together. Campion attends Pig's funeral in the village of Tethering. A few months later he is summoned to the neighbouring village of Kepesake to investigate a murder, in which the victim bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Pig...
I came to Margery Allingham's detective novels featuring Albert Campion via the BBC's adaptations with Peter Davison in the title role, and the books which were used for the series were the easiest to get hold of, so this is one of the few series with which I've broken my usual rule of reading in order.
This was one of the adapted books and one of the first I read at the time. Re-reading it to my husband I can see some justice in his accusation that it was rather slow to start and plods along rather. And the resolution is perhaps a little too rapid. But I enjoyed the writing and the characters nonetheless.
The plot centres on a man named Peters (known as "Pig") who bullied Campion when they were at school together. Campion attends Pig's funeral in the village of Tethering. A few months later he is summoned to the neighbouring village of Kepesake to investigate a murder, in which the victim bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Pig...