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A couple more Margery Allingham price drops to $1.99 at Kindle US. Not at Kobo US, at least as of now.

Cargo of Eagles
link: https://www.amazon.com/Cargo-Eagles-...dp/B074FJLMXX/

Spoiler:

A lively British mystery from “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith).

Strange things are happening in Saltey. The little village on the Essex coast is invaded by bikers and a parade of peculiar visitors, a newly released prisoner is rumored to be in the area, Mr. Lugg has bought a bungalow there, the Saltey Demon is on the loose again . . . and Albert Campion is looking for the disappearance of thousands of pounds of gold coinage.

This is Margery Allingham’s final novel featuring her famous gentleman sleuth, overflowing with evil arch-villains and classic thuggery against the atmospheric backdrop of postwar England.

“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

“Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie

The Case of the Late Pig
link: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Late-Alb...dp/B074FKT7DD/

Spoiler:

A man is killed five months after his funeral, in a tale by “one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel” (Alexander McCall Smith).

Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters’s body goes missing. It takes all Campion’s coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.

The Case of the Late Pig is, uniquely, narrated by Campion himself. In Allingham’s inimitable style, high drama sits neatly beside pitch-perfect black comedy. A heady mix of murder, romance, and the urbane detective's own unglamorous past make this an Allingham mystery not to be missed.

“My very favourite of the four Queens of Crime is Allingham.”—J. K. Rowling

“Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered.”—P.D. James

And, same warning as a few days ago, Ipso books seem to have gotten multiple versions up, so check carefully - your prior purchase may not show up on the webpage. (I hate it when they do that...)