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The Beckoning Lady
First edition
AuthorMargery Allingham
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAlbert Campion
GenreCrime novel
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date
1955
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byThe Tiger in the Smoke 
Followed byHide My Eyes 

The Beckoning Lady is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1955 in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London; and in the United States by Doubleday, New York under the title The Estate of the Beckoning Lady. It is the 15th novel in the Albert Campion series.

Plot introduction

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. It falls to Campion to unravel the intricate web of motive, suspicion and deduction with all his imagination and skill.

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