The Beckoning Lady

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 motives, suspicion and deception.

Danger is hardly unknown in this idyllic Suffolk village, but it is a less romantic peril than on Mr Campion's first visit, more than twenty years ago.



'Margery Allingham has precious few peers and no superiors.' - The Sunday Times

'Allingham's work is always of the first rank.'- New York Times

'Unforgettable.' - A. S. Byatt