Cargo of Eagles
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| Author | Margery Allingham |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Albert Campion |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Mind Readers |
| Followed by | Mr Campion's Farthing |
Cargo of Eagles is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1968, in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London. It was incomplete at her death in 1966 and completed by her husband Philip Youngman Carter. It is the nineteenth novel in the Albert Campion series.
Plot introduction[edit]
Saltey in Essex, the "Back Door to London", has a long history of smuggling, and holds a secret that leads to murder. Albert Campion sends his young American associate Mortimer Kelsey to mingle with the locals to try to solve the mystery. The evidence points to a robbery from a yacht done years before by a dangerous criminal named Teague and his associates.
References[edit]
- Margery Allingham, Cargo of Eagles, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1968)
External links[edit]
- An Allingham bibliography, with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society
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