Marjery Louise Ellingham is an English writer belonging to the “golden age of English literature,” recognized as the “Queen of Detective Fiction” alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. She stood out among other authors of this genre, as Agatha Christie put it, “like a burning lamp.”
The Second World War is still ongoing. Mr. Campion, who has been carrying out a secret mission abroad, finally receives the long-awaited leave. He returns to London expecting to meet his wife and little son, but finds in his apartment… a morgue annex. What’s more, his friend—a nobleman, patron, and now a military pilot—faces a charge of murder.