Suddenly Albert! A Murder Monday Story

[evelyn_b]

Ok, I know I said I was going to give Margery Allingham a rest, but these books are so small that it's a terrible temptation. Anyway, before I knew it I was reading Dancers in Mourning and GUESS WHAT

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[osprey_archer]

Hooray, your persistence finally paid off! An Allingham book that you like!

[evelyn_b]

Yay! I kept feeling that I liked Allingham in theory; I'm glad to be able to like her in practice.

Probably it was only a matter of time -- reading chronologically, you can definitely see the writing getting a little better with each book, even if the plots seem to go back and forth between "fun" and "nonsensical." And Lugg has been enjoyable from the start.

[scripsi]

I'm glad Campion seems to improve. I have yet to start, but my hisband is chugging along, saying they are lightweight and not as good as Sayers, but keeps picking up the next volume. :)

I didn't know that about Sayers- how funny. :)

[evelyn_b]

I'm glad he's enjoying them! Where is he up to now? This one was really fun and just a little fraught. My hope for the series is that there will be a new gratuitous romance in every book, each one more ill-advised and detrimental to the investigation than the last. But we can't always get what we want (I assume).

I didn't know that about Sayers- how funny. :)

It's so great! Every time she chides R. Austin Freeman or whoever for excessive "love interest," I have to laugh. Dramatic irony!

[scripsi]

I'm glad he's enjoying them! Where is he up to now?

Last time I asked it was The Case of the Late Pig. :) But according to the TV series there is more romance to come... :)

It's so great! Every time she chides R. Austin Freeman or whoever for excessive "love interest," I have to laugh. Dramatic irony!

LOL!

[lost_spook]

Ha, well, I did say I remembered Dancers in Mourning being one of the ones I liked, but since my fave was Sweet danger, that clearly wasn't much of a promise! Oh, well, hurrah!

And, aha, I shall go on over to the next post, but yes, indeed, Final Curtain is a Troy-fest. :-)

[evelyn_b]

*waves invisible flag*

Well, Sweet Danger had Amanda, who is still tied with Lugg for Allingham's best character imo, and the setting in general was kind of interesting, plus probably something else that I'm forgetting. This one doesn't have Amanda, but it brings back Uncle William Faraday from Police at the Funeral. He didn't leave much of an impression on me back then, but is funny and likeable here.

And Allingham's writing has improved so steadily from book to book -- watching that happen is interesting in its own right.