Imagined crossover · Golden Age
What if Albert Campion met Roderick Alleyn?
The gentleman adventurer and the gentleman detective. Two well-bred, understated sleuths of the Golden Age who mix easily in high society and the theatre world.
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The pair
Albert CampionGentleman sleuth of mysterious aristocratic birthBy Margery Allingham · Albert Campion · first in The Crime at Black Dudley
Roderick AlleynScotland Yard detective, later superintendentBy Ngaio Marsh · Roderick Alleyn · first in A Man Lay Dead
Chemistry8/10
Friction3/10
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Where and when
London’s West End
The 1930s
The story
- How they might meet
- An actor collapses on opening night in a West End theatre, with Campion in the stalls and Chief Inspector Alleyn called in from the Yard.
- Why they would work
- Two well-bred, understated sleuths of the Golden Age who mix easily in high society and the theatre world.
- What each brings
- Campion has shadowy connections, Lugg and a talent for being underestimated. Alleyn has the full weight of Scotland Yard and a patient, methodical mind.
- Where they would clash
- Alleyn plays strictly by the rules; Campion would rather not explain where he was last night.
Strengths compared
Albert Campion Roderick Alleyn
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The Crime at Black DudleyMargery Allingham · 1929 · Albert Campion's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- A Man Lay DeadNgaio Marsh · 1934 · Roderick Alleyn's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
