The Beckoning Lady

Margery Allingham

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Vintage
01 May 2007

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery

Series: Albert Campion5

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery?

Private detective Albert 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.

As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert Campion.

By: Margery Allingham
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 182g
ISBN: 9780099506089
ISBN 10: 0099506084
Series: Albert Campion5
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margery Allingham was a prolific writer who sold her first story at age eight and published her first novel before turning 20. Allingham went on to become one of the preeminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s.

Reviews for The Beckoning Lady

""Don't start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction"" Independent ""The real queen of crime"" Guardian ""Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world"" Tatler ""Spending an evening with Campion is one of life's pure pleasures"" Saturday Review ""Miss Allingham's strength lies in the power of her characterization"" New York Times