''Hide My Eyes'' is a
crime novel
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
by
Margery Allingham, first published in
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
, in the United Kingdom by
Chatto & Windus
Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his business ...
,
London.
It was published in the U.S. under the titles ''Tether's End'' or ''Ten Were Missing''. It is the sixteenth novel in the
Albert Campion series. It was a runner-up for the
Gold Dagger Award.
Plot
An old country bus parks in London's Theatreland on a rainy night, and a murder ensues. Superintendent Charles Luke has his theories but it is not until he calls in Albert Campion for advice that they begin to come together.
References
External links
An Allingham bibliography with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society
from the Margery Allingham Archive
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1958 British novels
Novels by Margery Allingham
Novels set in London
Chatto & Windus books