[Albert Campion 01] • The Return of Mr Campion

A jilted Japanese suitor who plots an exotic and melodic revenge… A phony fortuneteller whose bogus predictions put him behind his own crystal eight-ball… A diabolical cosmetician determined to prove that beauty is skin deep but evil goes to the bone… Now gentleman detective Albert Campion and his law-enforcing peers take on a colorful collection of felonious fiends in thirteen deliciously sinister tales of crime and punishment. (Publisher’s description)

**Contents:** Margery Allingham : an introduction / J. E. Morpurgo — Margery Allingham : a tribute / Agatha Christie — The case is altered — My friend Mr Campion — The dog day — The wind glass — The beauty king — The black tent — Sweet and low — Once in a lifetime — The kernel of truth — Happy Christmas — The wisdom of Esdras — The curious affair in Nut Row — What to do with an ageing detective