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THE CHINA GOVERNESS by Margery Allingham

THE CHINA GOVERNESS

by Margery Allingham

Pub Date: Nov. 2nd, 1962
ISBN: 1934609633
Publisher: Doubleday

A novel of suspense rather than a mystery story — but the contribution made by the ineffable Campion and Inspector Luke place this in the class of detection for most comers. A strange and secret family-the Kinnits, who protect their sacred name from the press, find themselves involved in revelations about an adopted son, about an ancient murder, and a modern counterpart, about confused identities — and their old weapon falls them. Woven through concurrent investigations there is a romance — and an elderly household retainer provides the comic touch. Dependable Allingham.