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A review by carolsnotebook
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham
4.0
I’m a fan of Albert Campion. I like how he pretends to be a little dull and inoffensive, but is really pretty brilliant, daring and rather charming.
Oil has been found in Averna, which is on the Adriatic Sea. Big Oil in the person of the millionaire financier Savernake wants to take possession of it. Historically, the principality to an aristocratic family named Pontisbright. Although the line is believed to have died out, a young family in a Suffolk village think they have a claim to the title. Sweet Danger is not so much a mystery as a treasure hunt adventure. Campion and his friends are in search of three things that prove who the rightful owner of Averna is. They meet with the Fittons, three rather impoverished siblings who believe they are the true heir of Averna and join Campion in his search. The younger sister, Amanda, is the stand-out, lovely, fearless, and ingenious.
Of course, excuse the spoiler, the Fittons are the heirs. What else would you expect? But getting there is rather complicated, complete with several break-ins, a crazy doctor who believes in witchcraft, a couple of disguises, although the while trying to beat the bad guys. It’s a bit silly around the edges but fun.
Oil has been found in Averna, which is on the Adriatic Sea. Big Oil in the person of the millionaire financier Savernake wants to take possession of it. Historically, the principality to an aristocratic family named Pontisbright. Although the line is believed to have died out, a young family in a Suffolk village think they have a claim to the title. Sweet Danger is not so much a mystery as a treasure hunt adventure. Campion and his friends are in search of three things that prove who the rightful owner of Averna is. They meet with the Fittons, three rather impoverished siblings who believe they are the true heir of Averna and join Campion in his search. The younger sister, Amanda, is the stand-out, lovely, fearless, and ingenious.
Of course, excuse the spoiler, the Fittons are the heirs. What else would you expect? But getting there is rather complicated, complete with several break-ins, a crazy doctor who believes in witchcraft, a couple of disguises, although the while trying to beat the bad guys. It’s a bit silly around the edges but fun.