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English writer of detective fiction, editor (1904–1966)
Also known as: Margery Louise Allingham, Margery Louise Allingham Carter, Maxwell March, Луиза Аллингем, مارجيري ألينغهام, マージェリー・アリンガム
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- The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)
- Look to the Lady; or, The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (2006)
- Pearls Before Swine (1940)
- The beckoning lady (1955)
- The Fashion in Shrouds (2000)