Cargo of Eagles - Albert Campion, Bk 22 Author:Margery Allingham Once the gathering place of pirates and smugglers, the town of Saltey is now overrun by motorcycle gangs, ex-convicts and a nasty collection of contemporary cutthroats. But a missing treasure and a resurrected local demon entice Albert Campion to the quaint, if troubled, seacoast community -- and a mysterious murder that sets the intrepid sleuth... more » sailing toward disaster.
Equally at home in the underworld and among the upper crust, super-sleuth Albert Campion rarely misses a clue or fails to find a motive. Behind his horn-rimmed glasses and mild-mannered facade is a brilliant mind that can penetrate to the villainous heart of the most heinous crime.« less
Unlike the book before this---The Mind Readers---Cargo of Eagles is the Margery Allingham I remember and like. She leads you on a wild goose chase all over the place and then, in the end, she lets you know what has really been going on.