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More Work for the Undertaker
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
An Albert Campion mystery.
In a masterpiece of storytelling, Margery Allingham sends her elegant and engaging detective Albert Campion into the eccentric Palinode household, where there have been two suspicious deaths.
And if poisoning were not enough, there are also anonymous letters, sudden violence and a vanishing coffin. Meanwhile the Palinodes go about their nocturnal business and Campion dices with danger in his efforts to find the truth.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-08-22
A terrific story.
Interesting plot, geat characters and funny bits too. Dated, of course, but worth it.
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- greta townend
- 12-08-23
Enjoyable
I do love the way these books flow, they take you back to a time when life was black and white, no grey. The narration is excellent with the various characters really coming to life. I know that books written now have to be full of twists and turns. This book keeps you entertained, even if you don't want to be. A good read in its simplicity.
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- Miss Julie E. Ellis
- 31-05-17
fantastic campion
loved it all campion series is so good .brilliantly penned. golden age authors are great
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- Tomboy
- 16-10-22
Allingham with Thorpe - Perfection
Allingham's writing is beautifully whimsical and extremely funny. The great lady was truly one of the great writers in all of English fiction, not just the Golden Age novelists of classic detective fiction. Campion is nothing less than perfect, the story is a typically rapid uncovering of the criminal sprinkled with the most wondrous, laugh out loud descriptions of character and place. Thorpe is a magnificent narrator.
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- Mrs S
- 06-02-14
Good Story Spoiled for Me
If you could sum up More Work for the Undertaker in three words, what would they be?
In my view only, one of the best Albert Campion Story's totally spoiled by the reading
What other book might you compare More Work for the Undertaker to, and why?
Not really
Would you be willing to try another one of David Thorpe’s performances?
I have already purchased another Albert Campion by this reader as it is another favourite. I should have waited!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Not really, the whole book just sort of carries you off on the merry-go-round of strange characters
Any additional comments?
Sorry but I will have to stick with the abridged version which was very well read by Philip Franks
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- Shani
- 24-07-18
Outstanding Campion mystery
Marjory Allingham is often compared to Agatha Christie but a fairer comparison would be with Dickens. Like him, she brings the London of her day to life with all its sights and smells and contrasts of poverty and opulence. She, has an unerring ear for dialogue and is often funny, and (again like Dickens) her characters sometimes border on the grotesque with names to match (Jas Bowels the undertaker for example) but they always convince as real, complex, often pathetic people. She's a sharp and wicked observer but always humane and compassionate. The stories are more than a bit far fetched! - But no less enjoyable for that, and More Work for the Undertaker is one of her best. David Thorpe is an excellent reader - different from Philip Franks who also reads her novels, but just as good.
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- Kim H.
- 19-06-24
Excellent
The characters are quite Dickensian at times. David Thorpe really suited this piece. Great atmosphere and suspense. Good humour and literary refs. The whole package ✅✅.
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- Ragne
- 24-03-22
Ok story, bad character voices
I've liked this narrator in the previous books, but in this case... Some of the character's voices were so horrible I had to skip quite a bit. Lawrence for example, made my blood pressure climb so much I got a migraine creeping on. I couldn't focus on the dialogue.
The story was all right, but not the best one.
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- Mrs E Sadler
- 06-06-23
Well read
As usual a well written Campion story if you like the gentle murder & mystery. Well read, let’s have more from this narrator.
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- Boldnotold
- 22-01-23
excellent story, unfortunate reading
I love this book and often re-read my hard copy. I bought the Audible version for holiday 'reading' and was disappointed with the voicing of the characters. each character seemed to have more than one voice, and the reader didn't seem able to put drama and quiet in the right places. For example when a character is meant to be muttering or speaking quietly, the reader speaks loudly. None of Albert Campion's voices (there are a couple or three) fit the character as described in the book. sad.
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