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| Author | Margery Allingham |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1955)
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
- 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
| This article includes a
list of references,
related reading, or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (June 2020) |
|
First edition | |
| Author | Margery Allingham |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1955)
- Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
- 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