The Beckoning Lady
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:1st Mar '07
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
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.
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 *
ISBN: 9780099506089
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 184g
256 pages