Mr Campion's Coven
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
Albert Campion is in the bleak, remote and very muddy village of Wicken on the Essex coast on a mission to rescue Dame Jocasta's dog, but soon finds himself sinking into something far more dangerous.
East coast of England, 1971. Harvard student Mason Clay is writing a thesis on a group of settlers who travelled to America from the remote Essex coastal village of Wicken-juxta-Mare 300 years ago. Clay plans to visit Wicken as part of his research, and who better assist him with all things Essex than Albert Campion?
But Wicken is already firmly on Campion's radar thanks to Dame Jocasta Upcott's luxury yacht found beached on a mudbank close to the village, its captain very stuck – and very dead – in the mud. Was it a bizarre accident or something more sinister? Agreeing to Dame Jocasta’s request to recover her beloved pet pooch, Robespierre, Campion finds himself in Wicken, surrounded by suspicious locals and tales of witchcraft, and soon discovers its past is linked to a number of current disturbing events . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's 1971 in Ripley's exceptional eighth outing for Margery Allingham's sleuth Albert Campion (after 2020's Mr. Campion's Seance), and the yacht belonging to Dame Jocasta Upcott, a force in the British theatrical world, has been found abandoned on an Essex mudbank, with the only sign of life the boots of the yacht's captain, Francis Jarrold, stuck in the mud 50 yards away. Dame Upcott wants Campion to search for her dog, Robespierre, who was aboard the vessel, not Jarrold. Since finding Robespierre will benefit his actor son, Rupert, Campion agrees. He winds up having to solve a murder that may be linked to an Essex witches' coven that sailed to Massachusetts in 1692 and landed in Salem at the time of the witchcraft trials. Ripley skillfully injects humor into the twisty plot, and elements reminiscent of the classic horror film The Wicker Man add to the creepy atmosphere. Both old and new Campion fans will hope for many more exploits.
