# Death of a Ghost

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- Book: [Death of a Ghost](https://www.bookquiver.com/margery-allingham/death-of-a-ghost) ([Death of a Ghost.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/margery-allingham/death-of-a-ghost.md))
- Authors: [Margery Allingham](https://www.bookquiver.com/margery-allingham)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4819-216-8
- Published: 2015-05-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY John Lafcadio’s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow – together with the instruction that she unveil one canvas each year before a carefully selected audience. Albert Campion is among the cast of gadabouts, muses and socialites gathered for the latest ceremony – but art is the last thing on the sleuth’s mind when a brutal stabbing occurs….