num_pages: 240
description: The second posthumous collection, again of eighteen stories. Only a few concern Mr Campion, but there is a bonus for those who have a sneaking fondness for the egregious Thos. T. Knapp (featured in Mystery Mile). 'A Quarter of a Million' is a novella, first published as The Mystery Man of Soho in 1933, telling of one of his early escapades. The Allingham Minibus was also published as Mr Campion's Lucky Day, and Other Stories. Contents He Was Asking After You Publicity The Perfect Butler The Barbarian Mr. Campion's Lucky Day 'Tis Not Hereafter The Correspondents He Preferred Them Sad The Unseen Door Bird Thou Never Wert The Same to Us She Heard It on the Radio The Man with the Sack The Secret A Quarter of a Million The Pioneers The Sexton's Wife The Wink
language: English
title: The Allingham minibus: more short stories
titlecomplete: The Allingham minibus: more short stories
genres: Crime, Classics, Collections, Golden Age Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 471
series: Albert Campion
publisher: Chatto and Windus