The Beckoning Lady
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| Author | Margery Allingham |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Albert Campion |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Tiger in the Smoke |
| Followed by | Hide My Eyes |
The Beckoning Lady is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1955 in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London; and in the United States by Doubleday, New York under the title The Estate of the Beckoning Lady. It is the 15th novel in the Albert Campion series.
Plot introduction
[edit]Campion’s glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand’s fabulous summer party a murder is discovered. It falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspicion and deduction with all his imagination and skill.
References
[edit]- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1955)
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
External links
[edit]- An Allingham bibliography, with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society
- A page about the book from the Margery Allingham Archive on archive.org
- A 2011 podcast about The Beckoning Lady