Other Man's Danger // The Man of Dangerous Secrets

A haunting romantic mystery from the renowned author of the Albert Campion detective novels: "Allingham stands out like a shining light" (Agatha Christie).
One of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction's Four Queens of Crime

Robin Grey is Scotland Yard's inside man. He handles matters which require delicacy and secrecy outside the jurisdiction of regular government offices. While lurking about Waterloo station on a mission for the Foreign Office, Grey's interest is piqued by a suspicious character. And those suspicions are confirmed when Grey sees the man shove a passenger onto the train tracks. Rushing to save the victim, Grey now finds himself ensnared in the same sinister plot.


 


Heiress Jennifer Fern is cursed: Tragic accidents have claimed two past fiancés, and she would have lost a third had it not been for Robin Grey's heroic actions. Undeniably drawn to this tormented young woman, Grey feels honor-bound to help her. Tempting fate, he goes undercover to solve this deadly mystery. But can Grey protect her, and his own heart, before history repeats itself?

Praise for Margery Allingham
"Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered."—P.D. James


"Margery Allingham was one of the greatest mid-20th-century practitioners of the detective novel."—Alexander McCall Smith
"Allingham has that rare gift in a novelist, the creation of characters so rich and so real that they stay with the reader forever."—Sara Paretsky