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Country United Kingdom Series Albert Campion Originally published 1955 Preceded by The Tiger in the Smoke Publisher Chatto & Windus | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1955 Genre Crime Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Followed by Hide My Eyes, Tether's End Similar Margery Allingham books, Albert Campion Mysteries books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 fifteenth 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 and it falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspicion and deduction with all his imagination and skill.
References
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