The Beckoning Lady is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1955 in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London, and later published in the United States by Doubleday, New York under the title The Estate of the Beckoning Lady in 1975. It is the 15th novel in the Albert Campion series.
Plot introduction While Campion is attending the preparations for a summer party held by Minnie and Tonker Cassand, the body of Cassand's uncle is discovered. Suspecting murder, Campion works to uncover the perpetrator and motive.
References
Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (London: Chatto & Windus, 1955) Margery Allingham, The Beckoning Lady, (Vintage, Random House, 2007)
External links An Allingham bibliography, with dates and publishers, from the UK Margery Allingham Society A page about the book from the Margery Allingham Archive on archive.org A 2011 podcast about The Beckoning Lady