China Governess

by Margery Allingham | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0140023127 Global Overview for this book
Registered by deborama52 of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on 7/4/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by deborama52 from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Saturday, July 4, 2009
Allingham's detective stories are all powerfully strange. The characters, while not totally unbelievable, are all a trifle eccentric, and the settings are not familiar even though they're basically England, early 20th century. Best not to say anything about the plot, just let it unfold.

Journal Entry 2 by deborama52 at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 23, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (9/24/2011 UTC) at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

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Released at BCUK Uncon 2011

Journal Entry 3 by Heaven-Ali at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, September 25, 2011
One of 2 books I picked up off the book buffet table.

Released 11 yrs ago (10/27/2012 UTC) at Urban Coffee Company, Church St in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 5 by nordie at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Caught at today's meeting in Brum

Journal Entry 6 by nordie at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, December 8, 2012
One of the later Campion stories, that features not so much Campion and even less Lugg (who barely gets a speaking part in it all)

Set about 20 years after WWII and Timothy, about to elope with his fiancee, finds out that he was adopted and the man he thought was his father isnt. Meanwhile, in a slum part of London that was bombed out during the war, a new start is threatened by a model flat being trashed by an unknown assailant.

Everything comes together, pulling together the fall out from the Blitz and the confusion of evacuation, blackmail, murder, and alcoholics.

Not the best Campion book, (too much focus on the other characters in the book to allow Campion to come through) and not my favourite - the fact that it took over a week to complete what is quite a short book shows this.

Released 11 yrs ago (1/26/2013 UTC) at Yorks Bakery Cafe - Newhall street in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 8 by carocharlton at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Caught at Birmingham meetup today.

Journal Entry 9 by carocharlton at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, December 6, 2020
I no longer have this book. As I'm tidying my bookshelf, I'll mark it as travelling.

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