The Tiger in the Smoke

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Margery Allingham. The Tiger in the Smoke

The Tiger in the Smoke

Table of Contents

I GHOSTS

II AT HOME

III THE SPOOR

IV THE JOKER

V BROTHER DOLL

VI THE SECRET

VII THE USURER

VIII THE SPOOR AGAIN

IX IN THE FORESTS OF THE NIGHT

X THE LONG SPOON

XI THE TIDDINGTON PLAN

XII OFFICIAL ACTION

XIII THE CUSTODIAN

XIV THE DISCERNING HEART

XV POOR PEOPLE

XVI ASSIGNMENT

XVII ON THE STAIRCASE

XVIII THE WHEEL TURNS

XIX THE MYSTERY OF STE. ODILE-SUR-MER

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Margery Allingham

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The interview was so clearly just about to get off on the wrong foot that they all recognised the fact just in time. Campion performed the introduction with iron under his velvet words, and Charlie Luke shut off his magnetism regretfully, like a man switching off a light. He watched the girl cautiously, noting her beauty but discounting it, and when he replaced his hat he put it on straight. Yet there had been no chill in her greeting; she was simply obviously worried, a woman so torn by her loves and loyalties that her genuineness was unquestionable.

“I was so sorry I couldn’t find you any snapshots for comparison,” she said earnestly. “My husband didn’t live in England before the war, so none of his things were here. We didn’t have very long together and somehow we didn’t seem to run to snapshots.”

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