Judge Crowdy Lobbett is a man of justice, an upstanding pillar of American society. And now he is in deadly peril, tailed across the Atlantic by the ruthless Simister gang.
Luckily for Judge Lobbett, however, he makes the acquaintance of one Albert Campion during his voyage to England. The enigmatic amateur sleuth bundles the Judge off to the country house of Mystery Mile, where its a race against time...
This is more of a caper than a mystery, which was originally published in 1929. It has lots of action and humour, a light John Buchan or very similar to a 'Bulldog Drummond'. Either way its great entertainment.
Allingham manages to write different books in different styles while keeping her same core characters. This is a light adventure but others in the her Campion series are very dark mysteries. Again, either way she is in my top three or four mystery writers. Never disappointing and comes highly recommended.
These English country houses are just dangerous places, never a quiet moment.
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