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Flowers for the Judge
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Scandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife's lover, the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration comedy come to feature in the tragedy? And what of the odd disappearance of another director twenty years before?
The trial of Mike Wedgwood for murder is nail-bitingly tense, and Albert Campion needs all his resources to uncover the truth.
Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era.
Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.
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- Alžběta
- 25-11-22
Enjoyable
A lovely mystery set in a publishing house, fun, relaxing and well narrated. Very enjoyable.
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- JB
- 07-01-18
Outstanding!
Although this book is an old friend ( I 've just read for the third time in my life) There are so many layers, subtly drawn , sympathetic characters and unforseen plot developments that I 've derived a whole new level of enjoyment. Moved to the top of my list as one of her best!
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-07-20
Surpasses the norm
This is only the third Margery Allingham I've listened to. She makes up a satisfyingly complex plot with the usual devious twists and turns. Original characterisations help, and a touching finale.
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- Jo Jo W.
- 27-08-21
David Thorpe's narration.
Listening to David Thorpe narrating another of Marjery Allingham's superb stories is like seeing it acted out on stage. He brings every character to life with his amazing changes of voice and accents. What a fantastic storyteller he is. He really does keep me enthralled. Brilliant!
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- Mrs. C. Hunt
- 03-12-21
Flowers for the Judge
This is a great whodunit, with lots of twisty turns. Read brilliantly again by David Thorpe.
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- M.
- 31-07-18
Allingham does it again
beautiful writing clever plot. satisfying ending. true justice done. excellent reader. great description of the manners, time, and the place.
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- Mrs W.
- 17-09-20
Entertaining murder mystery
A better than expected story with twists and characters made real by a truly remarkable narration.
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- Tomboy
- 01-10-22
Beautiful prose. Classic Campion.
This is another great entry in the Allingham oeuvre. Campion is a truly magnificent creature of fiction, brought wondrously to life by the inimitable David Thorpe. I've seen a few negative reviews of Thorpe, who is one of the greatest voice actors that I've listened to on Audible. Each to their own but l find Thorpe's narration second to none. He defines every character with an instantly unique voice which captures them so vividly, as drawn so vividly by the great author, that you can see them in your mind's eye as if they were standing before you. He is to Margery Allingham what Peter Forbes is to Peter May. Allingham's penmanship is glorious as every page overflows with beautiful prose, creating excitement, pathos and excruciatingly funny descriptions and language which is constantly laugh-out-loud funny. David Thorpe is immaculate both as Campion and Lugg, creating one of the best double acts in literary history. Almost as an afterthought l have to say that Allingham's crime scenarios are second to none in the genre of the Golden Era of detective fiction authors.
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- Marianne Caton
- 07-11-23
Entertaining but dated
This was entertaining to listen to, but as much for the historical insight into 1930s life and attitudes as for the plot. It was pretty dated. The upper lips so stiff, the class bias so blatant, the moral scruples so fine! I found myself longing to hear the sort of brutal crudity that I'd dislike in real life- please, will somebody swear, somebody just tell us straight who is having sex with whom, somebody tell a toff to sling their hook! Having said that, Marjorie's books are strangely addictive and I will end up listening to them all
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- Sue
- 07-04-13
Classic crime
A wonderful example of its genre and time. Allingham evoked a time and place now past but in a manner worthry of attention
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