Books: Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

This is #11 in the Albert Campion series. I am not a huge Campion fan and so I clicked on this audiobook with very low expectations, but I am genuinely blown away.

It's an amnesia fic but it's the best amnesia fic I've ever read. And it deals with large conspiracy in a relatively believable way. And we have Campion and Amanda getting together. So there's a lot going on and it's really, really well done. So is the narration. Agatha Christie couldn't have written this type of story and make it this believable. So I tip my hat to Dame Margery.

If I ever write another amnesia fic, I'm going to get a hard copy of this and look at how it's done. So a big and pleasant surprise in the word department this week. And of course, now I am going to be looking at other Campions to see if I've missed more gems.

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Comments

[castiron]

My two favorite Campions are this one and Sweet Danger, where we first meet Amanda.

Campion's never triggered my "must reread them all!" meter like Peter Wimsey or Miss Marple do, but the ones that work, work very well.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Okay. Youtube has an unabridged Sweet Danger. I will check it out next. I have read a couple of Campions but like you said they never bowled me over. Some people seem to think Tiger in the Smoke is her best and I couldn't even finish that one! Thank you for the rec.

[smallhobbit]

I'm not a huge Campion fan, and I've only listened to abridged audio books, but I remember enjoying this one and the plot is clever.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

It is, isn't it? I kept thinking how the reveal of plot through the interactions was brilliant. And the conspiracy is a lot more believable than, say, Christie's Destination Unknown.