Mystery Mile

A quirky amateur sleuth attempts to protect a judge from a vicious crime boss in this classic mystery by “one of the finest golden-age crime novelists” (The New York Times).

Judge Crowdy Lobbett is a marked man. After fighting the Simister gang all his life, the American now has information that could unmask the mastermind behind the whole organization—and they want to keep him quiet. Four attempts have been made on the judge’s life in the past month, and now he’s fleeing the country on a transatlantic ocean liner bound for England. While this doesn’t mean Lobbett is out of harm’s way, it does mean he’s in good company.

Eccentric amateur detective Albert Campion is sailing home when he saves the life of a fellow passenger, Lobbett. Determined to help his new acquaintance and catch Simister, Campion takes the judge and his family to an island manor off the English coast—but soon murder, suicide, and blackmail follow. Simister is not about to stop chasing Lobbett . . . but then again, he’s never met a man like Campion . . .

First published in 1930, Mystery Mile is Albert Campion’s second adventure.

“Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie