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The Tiger in the Smoke

An Albert Campion Mystery

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The Tiger in the Smoke

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Jack Havoc, jail-breaker and knife artist, is on the loose on the streets of London once again. In the faded squares of shabby houses, in the furtive alleys and darkened pubs, the word is out that the Tiger is back in town, more vicious and cunning than ever.

It falls to Albert Campion to pit his wits against the killer and hunt him down through the city's November smog before it is too late.

©2013 Margery Allingham (P)2013 Audible Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

Critic reviews

"Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene" ( Daily Telegraph)
"Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world" ()
"[Allingham] captures her quintessential quiet detective Albert Campion to perfection... For those who relish classic crime fiction" ( Daily Express)
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I remember the eccentric and amusing plots of other books. So tedious and wordy this offering.

Slow and Tedious.

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What a shame that such an intriguing book full of compelling characters is read by an utterly characterless, saccharine and irritating little boy. How is a voice like a 14 year-old public schoolboy meant to represent grown men and women? Top marks for the story, which is one of the better Albert Campion episodes, but the opposite score for whoever thought this poor chap's voice was suitable...

Enjoyable book, awful choice of narrator

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Where does The Tiger in the Smoke rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

in the top half - its a good story and well read.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

As with many Audio books, the end is ruined by the production company announcing who they are IMMEDIATELY at the end of the story, thus one cannot remember how the story ended, and my end of story meditation is ruined.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I liked the Vicar - his encounter with the villain was brave,

Any additional comments?

I may go back and read more of this series.

part of this story was on TV about 40 years ago .

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The accents are just overdone, a bit slurred, so hard to follow even if you are from the U.K. Like the story, but gave up and decided to read it instead. It’s enough to make the different characters distinguishable for me, without the full theatrics.

Hard to listen to

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Margery Alingham's Campian books, brilliant as always. My only complaint is that I just have to keep listening, whatever the hour.

Brilliant as always.

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