num_pages: 246
description: Some objects just cry out to be stolen, and an obliging ring of international thieves stands ready to heed the cry. Their current target is the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet that the Gyrth family has for centuries held in trust for the British Crown. Kept in a windowless chapel, and protected by a fearsome curse, the Chalice should be impervious to thievery. But this is 1930, and the crooks have all the advantages of the modern world. Chief among these is the craving for publicity, to which at least one member of the Gyrth clan has succumbed. Her careless chatter about the Chalice seems to have called up all manner of misfortunes - of which larceny is just the beginning - and the vague, bespectacled Albert Campion doesn't look like he'll be much help against them. But looks can be deceptive. (This book has also been published under the title "Look to the Lady")
language: English
title: The Gyrth Chalice Mystery
titlecomplete: The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (Albert Campion Mystery #3)
characters: Mrs. Dick Shannon, Roger Branch, Penelope Gyrth, Val Gyrth, Mrs. Sarah Benwell, Jacob Benwell, Matthew Sanderson, Professor Gardner Cairey, Inspector Stanislaus Oates, Magersfontein Lugg, Colonel Percival Christian St. John Gyrth, Lady Pethwick, Albert Campion, Beth Cairey, Percy Peck
genres: 20th Century, Murder Mystery, Detective, Crime, Classics, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Golden Age Mystery
ratings_count: 3120
places: United Kingdom
series: Albert Campion
publisher: Avon Books