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@ Of Bookish Things
2025-02-13 20:04:50Black'erchief Dick :bl46: A #HistoricalNovel (1923) about smugglers set on Mersea Island in the 17th century inspired by a series of seances held by the Allingham family while on holiday on Mersea. #MargeryAllingham an English novelist from the #GoldenAgeOfDetectiveFiction , and considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. #DetectiveFiction #Novel #Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62304