Police at the Funeral

In Margery Allingham's "Police at the Funeral," the unassuming but astute Albert Campion is drawn into a chilling investigation at the request of a friend. His friend's fiancée, an employee of the eccentric and formidable Faraday family in Cambridge, is concerned about the sudden disappearance of her Uncle Andrew. What begins as a missing person case quickly escalates into a full-blown murder inquiry when Andrew's body is discovered, bound and shot, floating in a river. The Faraday household, presided over by an authoritarian and unloved matriarch, proves to be a nest of suppressed animosities, petty rivalries, and dark secrets stretching back decades. With Andrew's death, the family's long-simmering hatreds boil over, leading to a second, equally shocking murder. As Campion, the self-proclaimed 'Deputy-Adventurer,' delves deeper into the Faraday's dysfunctional world, he finds himself navigating a treacherous landscape where every family member is a suspect, and the cycle of hatred threatens to claim more victims.