{"product_id":"hide-my-eyes-9781504091893","title":"Hide My Eyes","description":"\u003cb\u003ePrivate detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London's theatre district, in this crime novel from \"the best of mystery writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal leads, and a series of peculiar events, set the gentleman sleuth on a race against time that takes him from an odd museum of curiosities hidden in a quiet corner of London to a scrapyard in the East End.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Allingham shows her dark edge in \u003ci\u003eHide My Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and evokes the sights, sounds, and inimitable atmosphere of 1950s London, once again proving herself \"one of the finest 'golden age' crime novelists\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever.\" --Sara Paretsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allingham's characters are three-dimensional flesh and blood, especially her villains.\" --\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10355199\"\u003eMargery Allingham\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Mystery \u0026amp; Thri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504091893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504091892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022030\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Traditional\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Allingham, born in 1904 to Emily and Herbert Allingham, was an esteemed English novelist, author, and editor of \u003ci\u003eChristian Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew London Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Considered one of the four \"Queens of Crime\" from the golden age of detective fiction, Allingham began writing stories and plays at a young age and published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlackkerchief Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, at 19. She later studied drama and speech training at Regent Street Polytechnic in London. Allingham is best known for her character Albert Campion, a sleuth first introduced in \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of Black Dudley\u003c\/i\u003e. Campion was featured in seventeen subsequent novels, and even more short stories. Allingham continued to write until her death on June 30, 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48463405777133,"sku":"9781504091893","price":22.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_13f0a416-e43a-4968-b79d-fef226423dda.jpg?v=1753723090","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/hide-my-eyes-9781504091893","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}