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Violence
Barely any
A murder in a London publishing house; handled with golden age restraint
Language
Barely any
Allingham's characteristic elegant wit; minimal profanity
Sexual Content
None
Mild romantic subplot involving Campion and Amanda
Substance Use
None
Social drinking in a publishing house setting; entirely light
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild puzzle tension; office politics and family history provide the dramatic engine
What this book is about
The eighth Albert Campion mystery finds the detective drawn into the stately world of Barnabas Ltd, a family-run publishing house where one of the senior partners has gone missing and then turned up dead in the firm's vault. Allingham uses the publishing milieu brilliantly—she knew it intimately—creating a gallery of literary types whose professional rivalries and personal entanglements provide ample motive. A well-plotted and wittily observed mystery with Campion at his most charming and Amanda Fitton making one of her first significant appearances.
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