Crime After Crime Trivia Quiz

Answer: Margery Allingham

Published in 1929, "The Crime at Black Dudley" was the very first mystery novel written by Margery Allingham to include the character of Albert Campion. The story focuses around a house party in a rural English manor house, the guests of which stumble into a murder, and more. Among the guests are the book's main character, George Abbershaw, and the woman he loves, as well as an apparent party-crasher whom no one seems to have invited, the brilliant but strange Albert Campion.

It is, however, Campion who ends up unraveling the mystery, but not before the whole house party become pawns of criminals.

Answer: Dorothy L. Sayers

"Clouds of Witness" is the second novel written by Dorothy L. Sayers to include her sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, coming after the less-meaty novel "Whose Body?" (1923). Written in 1926, "Clouds of Witness" takes its title from a passage in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, and references the conundrum of the plot: that a murder, committed at Lord Peter's brother's estate, had so many near-witnesses, yet none are able to reveal who did the crime. Finally Lord Peter is able to unravel the mystery, but not before a near-fatal accident in the marshes, a dangerous transatlantic flight in a storm, and a family secret that nearly sees Lord Peter's brother hung for murder.

Answer: Agatha Christie

Published in 1922, "The Secret Adversary" follows an ex-soldier an an ex-nurse from World War I, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley, as they stumble into international intrigue. Penniless and hoping to make money any way they can, the two put an advertisement in the newspaper as "Young Adventurers" willing to do anything. Soon, however, they find that they have been hired by the wrong side in a case of kidnapping, secret documents, and criminal masterminds that sees Tommy abducted and both their lives in danger. "The Secret Adversary" was the first in Agatha Christie's "Tommy and Tuppence" series, which boasted five books.

Answer: Margery Allingham

Another mystery novel featuring Albert Campion, "The Tiger in the Smoke" differs greatly from "The Crime at Black Dudley" in both style and plot. In the story, a young woman now engaged to be married fears the reappearance of her supposed-dead husband, and contacts Campion for help.

At the same time, the notorious killer Jack Havoc has escaped and is loose in London, while a thick fog engulfs the whole city. Both a mystery and a thriller, "The Tiger in the Smoke" is the fourteenth Albert Campion novel and was written in 1952.

Answer: Josephine Tey

Although not your typical murder mystery, "Brat Farrar" is a finely written and well-crafted crime novel. Written in 1949 by Josephine Tey, "Brat Farrar" is the story of the title character, who impersonates the adult Patrick Ashby, a child who disappeared years before, to discover how and why he disappeared. Brat enters the Ashby family and meets his "relatives", and tries to discover the truth about Patrick's early life. Nothing is as it seems--but then again, neither is Brat Farrar himself...

Answer: Christianna Brand

Written in 1944 and set during that time in the midst of World War II, "Green for Danger" is a classic murder mystery and the second book by Christianna Brand to feature Inspector Cockrill. The story takes place in a British military hospital, where a civilian hit by debris during a bombing is taken for an operation, only to die under anesthetic. Soon another death follows, and Cockrill finds himself in a world of love triangles, secrets, and mislabeled bottles.

Answer: Ngaio Marsh

The first book by Ngaio Marsh to feature Inspector Roderick Alleyn, "A Man Lay Dead" was written in 1934. A classic of its genre, the story follows the familiar lines of a house party gone wrong. It all begins when a game of "Murder" is begun, leading to the lights going out; when they come back on again, one of the guests in murdered.

Unfortunately, everyone has an alibi, and Inspector Alleyn has his work cut out for him to discover who committed the crime.

Answer: Dorothy L. Sayers

"The Nine Tailors" is another installment in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsey" series. Written in 1934, this brilliant story tells the tale of a dark and stormy New Year's Eve, when Lord Peter is stranded in a rural English village just in time to step in as an extra bell ringer at the local church's annual ringing in of the new year. Soon, however, a body is discovered, and Lord Peter is called back to the village to investigate.

Not only does the mystery go back years, however, but it soon also involves a present disaster as the whole village faces flooding and death.

Answer: Josephine Tey

The second book in the Inspector Alan Grant Series, "A Shilling for Candles" is a classic murder mystery which begins when a woman's corpse is found washed up on an English beach. She is found to be a well-loved actress, Christine Clay. Soon, however, Inspector Grant discovers that she wasn't as well liked as it was originally thought; in fact, everyone might have had a reason to murder her! This enjoyable mystery was first published in 1936.

Answer: Agatha Christie

Written in 1957, "4:50 From Paddington" is the 8th book in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, although the books may be read out of order as well. It is also published under a different title, "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw". In "4:50 From Paddington", Miss Marple, an unassuming little old lady, once again becomes a sleuth as she uncovers the truth around a witnessed murder and a house full of secrets.

The title refers to a train, which becomes the center of an investigation when an elderly lady looks out from her own train window to see the 4:50 train from Paddington passing by - and a murder being committed within it. Miss Marple, along with her friends Lucy Eyelesbarrow and Inspector Craddock, must soon investigate not just one murder, but more...