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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

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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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I wish they had the Francis Matthews version. The strange squeaky voice given to Campion meant I had to grit my teeth for several chapters before I could ignore it and concentrate on the story.

Enjoyable story poor reader

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loved it all campion series is so good .brilliantly penned. golden age authors are great

fantastic

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Great story in a classic setting. Satisfying plot, interesting characters, beautifully written. Well read. A delight

Classic crime from a great

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I remember Campion from my childhood. The story is a bit dated now with the slang of the time, but in essence it could be brought up to date into a good television production.

A good old Whodunnit

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My favourite of all the Campion books. No violence, much dry humour and an abundance of somewhat dotty characters all make for a pleasurable time. Recommended for those who enjoy Christie, Allingham and their ilk. Enjoy!

A relaxing listen

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Excellent performance. Excellent story. Excellent work. I really enjoyed hearing this work . Thank you audible.

Excellent

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So many odd characters, cross currents and twists, with Minnie and Tonka at the heart of the chaos, stirring up the rich brew! Allingham's at her most exuberant here, in a world she obviously knows well. It says a lot about her nature that her own horrible struggles with the hell hounds of the inland revenue and treated with such humour and charm, even though the tax man is the unfortunate corpse. Joyous.

A fairly loony, joyous party.

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I found I couldn’t get lost in this Campion story unlike many of the series.

Not her best

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As beautifully narrated, as always, The Beckoning Lady is matched, as always, by the exceptionally beautiful (if aged) writing of its time. Allingham produces some of the most vivacious characters in literature, not least the sublime Campion and Lugg. All of Margery Allingham's novels make me laugh out loud amidst the murder and mayhem because of the central part played by her magnificent double act. This novel came to a not completely unexpected twist ending followed by a fully unexpected twist atop it! Wonderful.

Two twists in the tail.

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I love the campion books but I would avoid this one of I were you. unfortunately it seems that with advanced skill, margery allingham has written an over complicated book. like many others I was confused by the number of characters and meandering plot line.

as always the narrator does a fantastic job, especially with Norfolk accents, which is very hard.

not her best

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