The Fashion in Shrouds

★ 4.1 avg 34 votes

About this book

Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Wells is a glamorous actress who exemplifies the 1930s femme fatale. Vain, stupid, and selfish, she attracts men like moths to a flame. When these men die, Albert suspects Georgia is more deliberately fatale than alluring. All the books from Albert Campion series are standalone titles and can be read in any order.

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4.1/5 · 34 readers · 290 pages · ≈ 5 h 22 m · Challenging

What order should I read the Albert Campion series?

Read The Fashion in Shrouds first, then follow the publication order above — Sweet danger, then Death of a Ghost, then The Tiger in the Smoke.

How long does it take to read The Fashion in Shrouds?

About ≈ 5 h 22 m — 290 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Fashion in Shrouds~5 h 22 m

How many pages is The Fashion in Shrouds?

290 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Fashion in Shrouds290

What genre is The Fashion in Shrouds?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is The Fashion in Shrouds in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does The Fashion in Shrouds take place?

It is set in England, London (England).

Who wrote The Fashion in Shrouds?

Margery Allingham.

Albert Campion — reading order

  1. → The Fashion in Shrouds (1938) you are here
  2. 1 Sweet danger (1933)
  3. 2 Death of a Ghost (1934)
  4. 3 The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)
Setting EnglandLondon (England)