Coroner's Pidgin

Coroner's Pidgin
Coroner's Pidgin  
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1st edition
Author(s) Margery Allingham
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Albert Campion
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher William Heinemann
Publication date 1945
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 236
ISBN 978-0-099-49278-8 (2006 Vintage)
OCLC Number 70059533
Preceded by Traitor's Purse
Followed by More Work for the Undertaker

Coroner's Pidgin is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1945, in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York in 1941 as Pearls Before Swine. It is the twelfth novel in the Albert Campion series.

Plot introduction

Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Magersfontein Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman. At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring his powers of detection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures. Campion discovers the clue to the mystery by tracing two bottles of a very rare wine.

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