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The Tiger in the Smoke is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1952 in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus and in the United States by Doubleday. It is the fourteenth novel in the Albert Campion series. Critics have called it the finest of the Campion mysteries and her best book.
- Margery Allingham
- 1952
- 1952
- Crime novel
"The Smoke" is fogbound post-WWII London. "The Tiger" is the truly evil Jack Havoc, who has escaped from prison by feigning mental illness to get sent to a psychiatrist, whom he fools and then murders. In his quest to get hold of a priceless hidden treasure, he doesn't care how many people he kills.
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15 de jul. de 2015 · The Tiger in the Smoke, published in 1952, was adapted into a film four years later. Allingham’s story about a serial killer is set in post-war London, a city she knew well. As Susan Hill notes in her introduction, London – its squares, side streets, alleyways and typical conversation – is a character in The Tiger in the Smoke ...
11 de mar. de 2021 · Internet Archive. Language. English. 254 pages 22 cm. Eerie London fog complicates detective work for Albert Campion as he sets out to put an end to the activities of the "Tiger" and his evil mob. Access-restricted-item.
English. 223 pages ; 20 cm. Jack Havoc, jail-breaker and knife artist, is on the loose on the streets of London once again. In the faded squares of shabby houses, in the furtive alleys and darkened pubs, the word is out that the Tiger is back in town, more vicious and cunning than ever.
31 de ago. de 2021 · Books. The Tiger in the Smoke. Margery Allingham. Good Press, Aug 31, 2021 - Fiction - 221 pages. In this crime novel by Margery Allingham, the haunting atmosphere of post-war London sets the...
Books. The Tiger in the Smoke. Margery Allingham. Vintage, 2005 - Fiction - 223 pages. Meg Elginbrodde's plans to marry millionaire Geoffrey Levett stop dead when she begins receiving snapshots...
