Written by Margery Allingham
Format: MP3
Abridged In the waning days of World War II Albert Campion has returned from Europe on leave. His intent is a quick stopover in his old London flat and then to take a train into the country to be with his wife Amanda and a child he only knows from letters. Unfortunately, he surprises Lugg and Lady Carados, the mother of his close friend Johnny, carrying a corpse into his rooms.
The corpse is that of a woman who apparently had the nerve to crawl into Johnny Carados' bed and take an overdose of sleeping salts. At first, Campion attempts to get things under control, but finally thinks the better of it and sets out for the train. Unexpectedly, he is kidnapped by the cab driver and returns mysteriously to consciousness in a garage. To add insult to injury, the police insist that he stay in London to help with the Carados problem. A much-disgruntled Campion starts digging into a suicide that is looking more and more like murder.