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Deadly DuoMargery Allingham

Deadly Duo

Margery Allingham
1949188 pages
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Deadly Duo presents two novellas, "Wanted: Someone Innocent" and "Last Act". “Wanted: Someone Innocent” (1945) At a retirement reception for their headmistress, twenty-year-old Gillie Brayton is swept away by the wealthy Rita Fayre to work for her in London. Gillie’s job is to accompany Rita’s convalescent husband, but a shocking tragedy reveals the motive behind her employment: murder. “Last Act” (1949) Gathered at the country residence of Madame Zoffany, an aging star of the French stage, are her ward, both grandsons who stand to inherit her fortune, and her longtime servants. And though…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1996
    Carroll & Graf Pub · 200 pages · 9780786703357
  • Hardcover · English · 1993
    Lightyear Press · 9780899684529
  • Paperback · English · 1985
    Bantam · 9780553254112
  • Hardcover · English · 1980
    Aeonian Pr · 9780891901938
  • Other · English · 2024
    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781504092098
  • Other · English · 2023
    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781504087971
English Detective and mystery storiesFiction, mystery & detective, general