Albert Campion: Traitor's Purse : Albert Campion #11 (Paperback)

from neurodrew

Traitor's Purse Margery Allingham October 25, 2016 I finished this novel in a day. Inspector Albert Campion awakens in a hospital ward after a head injury with a certain knowledge that he has only a short time to avert some disaster, but no clear idea of who he is, or what the disaster might be. ...

from idiotgirl

I enjoy the Campion series. This is my favorite so far. Campion has amnesia. Narrative begins in his confusion. And stays pretty close to what he knows. Very clever. Set in early WW II.

from bcquinnsmom

Truthfully I didn't like this one as much as others have liked it but that's okay. Once I started reading it, I felt muddled in the head, but then again, in this installment our hero Albert Campion wakes up in a hospital with amnesia and is foggy, so I guess I was right there along with him. Afte...

from CarltonC

A really enjoyable thriller/mystery story. I read 15 of Allingham's Albert Campion novels in 1991/92, having read many of Sayer's Peter Wimsey novels and thinking that Campion was a good imitation, but imitation nevertheless. By the time I read this (11th in the series), I was clearly feeling jad...

from JustAGirl

Brilliant, brilliant book. Set in the early 1940s Albert Campion is trying to foil a plot that will have a catastrophic effect on Britain. The only problem is he's lost his memory and can't remember a thing about it. The plot is slowly revealed as he works out who is friend and who is foe and wha...