1955 novel by Margery Allingham
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
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
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1955)
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
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