The Tiger In The Smoke
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the fog-shrouded streets of postwar London, a city still haunted by the wounds of war, Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke unleashes one of crime fiction's most chilling antagonists — the charismatic and utterly ruthless Jack Havoc, a man who escapes from prison and cuts a violent path through the city's smoky underbelly. The novel follows the gentleman detective Albert Campion as he races to protect Meg Elginbrodde, a young widow being tormented by photographs of a man who looks uncannily like her deceased husband — a mystery that spirals into something far darker and more dangerous than anyone anticipates. Allingham constructs her narrative with the precision of a master craftsman, weaving together a richly atmospheric portrait of London's criminal margins with the taut urgency of a thriller that never releases its grip. Widely regarded as Allingham's finest achievement and a landmark of the Golden Age of detective fiction, The Tiger in the Smoke transcends the conventions of the genre, presenting a profound meditation on the nature of evil, faith, and the thin membrane separating civilised society from chaos. Allingham's prose is both elegant and electrifying, drawing sharp moral contrasts between Havoc's predatory nihilism and the quiet spiritual courage of those who oppose him. Critics and fellow authors — including P.D. James — have championed this novel as a work of genuine literary substance, and it remains a thrilling, unsettling masterpiece that leaves the reader questioning just how well the light can hold back the dark.
Author: Margery Allingham
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, RS
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the fog-shrouded streets of postwar London, a city still haunted by the wounds of war, Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke unleashes one of crime fiction's most chilling antagonists — the charismatic and utterly ruthless Jack Havoc, a man who escapes from prison and cuts a violent path through the city's smoky underbelly. The novel follows the gentleman detective Albert Campion as he races to protect Meg Elginbrodde, a young widow being tormented by photographs of a man who looks uncannily like her deceased husband — a mystery that spirals into something far darker and more dangerous than anyone anticipates. Allingham constructs her narrative with the precision of a master craftsman, weaving together a richly atmospheric portrait of London's criminal margins with the taut urgency of a thriller that never releases its grip. Widely regarded as Allingham's finest achievement and a landmark of the Golden Age of detective fiction, The Tiger in the Smoke transcends the conventions of the genre, presenting a profound meditation on the nature of evil, faith, and the thin membrane separating civilised society from chaos. Allingham's prose is both elegant and electrifying, drawing sharp moral contrasts between Havoc's predatory nihilism and the quiet spiritual courage of those who oppose him. Critics and fellow authors — including P.D. James — have championed this novel as a work of genuine literary substance, and it remains a thrilling, unsettling masterpiece that leaves the reader questioning just how well the light can hold back the dark.