The Case of the Late Pig
Paperback Published on: 02/07/2026
Price: £9.99
Synopsis
A fiendishly brutal but brilliant, charming English murder mystery, from Agatha Christie's favourite writer - the criminally underrated, Margery Allingham.
Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be that of Pig Peters, freshly killed five months after his own funeral. Soon other corpses start to turn up, just as Peters's body goes missing. It takes all Campion's coolly incisive powers of detection to unravel the crime.
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Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529982701
- Number of pages: 176
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 13 mm
- Weight: 130g
- Languages: English
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Bordering on black comedy......
I absolutely loved this book. It was recommended to me in a class where we were studying detectives, and since I had never read Margery Allingham before I ... READ MORE
Murder and mystery in a village - in 1937
This 1937 murder mystery, reprinted by Vintage, is a fine example of Allingham’s writing. The introduction to the omnibus edition, in which this book appea... READ MORE
Well done Campion
I’m pleased to say this is an excellent little story about a convoluted murder or murders. How many murderers are at work?
I definitely recommend this st... READ MORE
Good
I've read this as part of another book, my friend mr campion and other stories.
The case of the late pig is a short novella. It's well written with good ch... READ MORE