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|author=Margery Allingham

|title=Sweet Danger

|rating=3.5

|genre=Crime (Historical)

|summary=''Sweet Danger'' is the fifth book in Margery Allingham's ''Campion'' series, which has our eponymous gentleman-adventurer on a quest to find the rightful heir of a suddenly-valuable principality on the Adriatic Sea known as Averna. The British Government want proof of ownership and this, of course, involves overcoming several obstacles, including a curious riddle, collecting various items and keeping one step ahead of the enemy. The quest soon becomes a race against time, when the villains, led by Machiavellian schemer Brett Savanake, start to close in on our heroes.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099474689</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author= Margery Allingham

|summary=Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 35th in line for the British throne, may know how to navigate upper class society, but there aren't many acceptable career choices for a penniless almost royal. So when her mother, famous actress Claire Daniels, invites her on a transatlantic cruise, Georgie is looking forwards to living the highlife and relaxing for a while.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00M4ZGVBG</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Martin Davies~~

~~|title=Havana Sleeping~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Historical Fiction~~

|summary=Hector, a night watchman is murdered at work. There's nothing unusual about that – it happens all the time. The reason being that this is Havana halfway through the 19th century; a place of intrigue, political posturing (and worse) as pro- and anti-slavery conflicts cause bubbles under the surface of society. It's a place where an apparently lowly British civil servant like George Backhouse can be posted to influential positions. It's a place where the Americans don't trust the British, the British don't trust the Americans and everyone fears what the Spanish may do. Meanwhile a courtesan named Leonarda just wants to find out why the man she loved died.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340980451</amazonuk>~~

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