# The Crime at Black Dudley — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham.

- [The Crime at Black Dudley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/the-crime-at-black-dudley.md): A house party at Black Dudley Abbey is disrupted by the discovery of Colonel Coombe's murder. Dr. George Abbershaw and Albert Campion find themselves entangled in a web of deception, ritual, and organized crime as they a
- [Candlelight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/i-candlelight.md): Dr. George Abbershaw arrives at the gloomy Black Dudley mansion for a weekend party hosted by Wyatt Petrie and his uncle, Colonel Gordon Coombe. Abbershaw, a pathologist and minor celebrity, is secretly in love with Megg
- [II: The Ritual of the Dagger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/ii-the-ritual-of-the-dagger.md): After dinner, the guests gather in the great hall, dominated by the sinister Black Dudley Dagger. Anne Edgeware draws attention to it, and Wyatt Petrie recounts the legend of the dagger and the ritual game that grew from
- [In the Garage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/iii-in-the-garage.md): Dr. George Abbershaw, uneasy in the dark and foreboding Black Dudley, slips out to the garage to check his car. There he discovers that Colonel Coombe's antique brougham is actually fitted with a modern Rolls-Royce engin
- [IV: Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/iv-murder.md): After the unsettling events of the evening, the guests retire early. Dr. Abbershaw is visited by Michael Prenderby, who reveals that Colonel Coombe is dead and that he was pressured to sign a cremation certificate. Abber

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- [The Mask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/v-the-mask.md)
- [VI: Mr. Campion Brings the House Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/vi-mr-campion-brings-the-house-down.md)
- [Five O'Clock in the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/vii-five-o-clock-in-the-morning.md)
- [VIII: Open Warfare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/viii-open-warfare.md)
- [IX: Chris Kennedy Scores a Try Only](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/ix-chris-kennedy-scores-a-try-only.md)
- [X: The Impetuous Mr. Abbershaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/x-the-impetuous-mr-abbershaw.md)
- [XI: One Explanation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xi-one-explanation.md)
- [XII: “Furthermore…" Said Mr. Campion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xii-furthermore-said-mr-campion.md)
- [XIII: Abbershaw Sees Red](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xiii-abbershaw-sees-red.md)
- [XIV: Abbershaw Gets His Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xiv-abbershaw-gets-his-interview.md)
- [Doctor Abbershaw's Deductions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xv-doctor-abbershaw-s-deductions.md)
- [XVI: The Militant Mrs. Meade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xvi-the-militant-mrs-meade.md)
- [XVII: In the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xvii-in-the-evening.md)
- [Mr. Kennedy's Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xviii-mr-kennedy-s-council.md)
- [XIX: Mr. Campion’s Conjuring Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xix-mr-campion-s-conjuring-trick.md)
- [XX: The Roundup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xx-the-roundup.md)
- [XXI: The Point of View of Benjamin Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxi-the-point-of-view-of-benjamin-dawlish.md)
- [XXII: The Darkest Hour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxii-the-darkest-hour.md)
- [XXIII: An Error in Taste](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxiii-an-error-in-taste.md)
- [The Last of Black Dudley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxiv-the-last-of-black-dudley.md)
- [Mr. Watt Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxv-mr-watt-explains.md)
- [XXVI: Cherchez la Femme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxvi-cherchez-la-femme.md)
- [XXVII: A Journey by Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxvii-a-journey-by-night.md)
- [XXVIII: Should a Doctor Tell?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxviii-should-a-doctor-tell.md)
- [XXIX: The Last Chapter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crime_at_black_dudley_se/chapters/xxix-the-last-chapter.md)

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