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The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion Mystery, #15)

Margery Allingham

Start date: February 13, 2021

Finish date: March 9, 2021

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Why we're reading this: Next in our series of Albert Campion buddy reads.
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Feb 04, 2021 Susan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Although I am determined to complete the Campion books, I do find many of them a struggle and this one nearly a defeated me. It involves so many characters and side stories that it is a confusing tangle, although, as always, I like Campion himself.

It is 1955 and Albert, wife Amanda and small son, Rupert, along with Lugg, are spending the summer in the country. Their friends, artist Minnie and husband, Tonker, have an annual house party, which everyone seems to take very seriously. There was a de ...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing

Albert Campion is spending time in Suffolk with his wife Amanda and small son Rupert along with Scotland Yard Detective Charlie Luke who is convalescing from an injury acquired in the course of duty. Near neighbours – Minnie and Tonker – are holding a huge and sprawling party to which everyone is invited. But the day before the party a body is discovered and it seems many people may have had a reason to wish the victim out of the way.

This is a fascinating and amusing story of life in the ninetee ...more

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Feb 12, 2008 Nancy Oakes rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-fiction, crime-fiction-uk, classic-mystery-fiction

Hmmm...champers, anyone? That's champagne, of course, and it's on the menu at Minnie and Tonker's party of the season at the Beckoning Lady. This installment finds our hero, Albert Campion, down in the country for this party along with Amanda & their son Rupert; it all begins with the discovery of a dead body and the death of Uncle William. Uncle William, if you've been following the series, has been in a couple of Campion mysteries, and is much beloved by Campion and Amanda. So...Campion does n ...more

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