Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deadly Duo | 1950 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
| 2 | No Love Lost | 1954 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
| 3 | The Allingham Case-Book | 1969 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
| 4 | The Darings of the Red Rose | 1970 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
| 5 | The Allingham Minibus | 1973 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
| 6 | A Christmas Most Foul | 2018 | Margery Allingham | Buy |
Margery Allingham’s short fiction appeared in magazines throughout her career, and several volumes collected this work. Deadly Duo (1950) and No Love Lost (1954) were published during her lifetime. The Allingham Case-Book (1969) and The Allingham Minibus (1973) appeared posthumously, gathering material from across her writing career including stories that had never appeared in book form.
The Darings of the Red Rose (1970) collects earlier work with a more adventurous flavor. A Christmas Most Foul (2018) is a more recent gathering of seasonal crime stories, reflecting continued reader interest in Allingham’s short fiction long after her death. Together these volumes give a picture of a writer who was productive and varied across the shorter form, not just in the novel-length Campion adventures.
For readers who want to explore beyond the main Campion series, the short fiction collections offer a different experience of Allingham’s writing. The stories tend to be crisply plotted and efficiently constructed, sometimes with a touch of the macabre that the longer novels keep more firmly in check.