Pearls Before Swine Author:Margery Allingham An Albert Campion Mystery - A corpse in a black silk nightgown; a faded rose and a string of fake pearls, gift-wrapped; two bottles of priceless wine sold in a little Greek restaurant... — These were the clues in Campion's most difficult case - difficult because they all pointed to his friend Johnny, the Marquess of Carados. — Did Johnny Carados, ... more »connoiseur of art, wines and women, consider himself privileged beyond the bounds of normal behavior? Would he resort to murder as the civilized solution to his difficulties?
The police thought so, and Campion himself wasn't sure...« less