Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is relaxing in his bath when his servant Magersfontein Lugg and a lady of unmistakably aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman.
Magersfontein Lugg, Campion's manservant, a temperamental ex-burglar
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It is the seventh novel to feature the mysterious Albert Campion, aided by his grouchy manservant Magersfontein Lugg.
It is the third novel featuring the mysterious Albert Campion, accompanied once more by his butler/valet/bodyguard Magersfontein Lugg.
Following his first, supporting appearance in The Crime at Black Dudley (1929), it is the first of many novels starring the mysterious Albert Campion, and introduces his butler/valet/bodyguard Magersfontein Lugg.