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The Beckoning Lady

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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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.

©1983 Emily Joyce Allingham (P)2013 Audible Ltd
Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction Crime

Critic Reviews

"Miss Allingham's strength lies in the power of her characterization" ( New York Times)
"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)
"Margery Allingham deserves to be rediscovered" (P.D. James)
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Definitely worth a listen if you are an Allingham fan but this is not a good example of her work.

Not one of her best

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I do enjoy this series and often find each better on second listen, having missed clues on the first. Her characters, apart from the main ones, are delightful.

Clever story

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