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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[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.