Rate it * You Rated it * 0. Lees „The Beckoning Lady“ door Margery Allingham verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo.
The only redeeming feature is the romance of Charlie Luke. Zo schrijf je een goede recensie Think Downton Abbey, but set in the 1950s among an arty but wealthy crowd that is still able to put together the kind of parties at the manor house that you would have expected from the Downton Abbey clan. Read 80 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. I’ve always wanted to throw a great, big, stupendous party like the one featured here. There are a slew of extraneous characters that add nothing.

It was just another job and situation to be resolved. The murder victim plays a decided second fiddle to the really important business of a party organised by someone determined to hang on to his 1920s glory days. Campion engaThe Tiger in the Smoke is a masterpiece to which this forms a disappointing follow-up. I gave this just 3 stars because the story just wasn’t very compelling. The Beckoning Lady In this 15th Campion novel Albert returns to Pontisbright on holiday with Amanda, their son Rupert, Magersfontein Lugg, and Chief Inspector Charlie Luke, who much to Campion’s dismay is in love. We know that there will be a big party, and we watch the preparations progress. Allingham is reminiscent of Angela Thirkell in her evocation of an English village disrupted by all those nasty post-war inventions like high income tax for high earners and the lack of domestic help apart from one’s loyal family retainers. Albert, Amanda, their son Rupert, now about five, and the ever-present Lugg are holidaying in Pontisbright, Amanda's old Suffolk home. After the darkness of Traitor's Purse and Tiger in the Smoke, we leave the fogs of war, and London, and find ourselves in blazing midsummer sunshine - apparently in Fairyland.

Read it for completeness, but don't judge Allingham or the series by it.I found this book in a Free Little Library at the park so jumped into the middle of the series somewhere and had to run to catch up with Campion and other characters. In fact, his body wasn’t discovered for a week and even then, only by accident. "Very silly, very English of a certain period and nowhere near her best but a bit like the curate's morning boiled egg - 'quite good in parts'.Rereading a book I own. Nevertheless I really enjoyed - very character driven - and ultimately far more about the people than the mystery which almost takes second place to the day-to-day lives of Campion’s friends and acquaintances. We zullen ze op onze site publiceren nadat we ze bekeken hebben.Je kunt dit artikel lezen met één van de volgende Kobo-apps en apparaten:Het lijkt erop dat je in Verenigde Staten bent. If you'd like to read a Margery Allingham book, I'd recommend The Gyrth Chalice Mystery or The Tiger in the Smoke instead. Much of the story centers around the preparation for a country party being thrown by friends Minnie and Tonker Cassands. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week?

That, added to the use of idiom and cockney and other dialect, kept me somewhat confused throughout. My first nod to this author of the golden age of mystery.

A gently rambling detective story set against the organised chaos and chaotic organisation of a country house midsummer extravaganza and the ruthless gentility of the old coming to terms with the new. Albert Campion is a private investigator who often assists the police in their murder investigations. The mystery is there, but it almost seems an afterthought.
Albert Campion is a private investigator who often assists the police in their murder investigations. After the darkness of Traitor's Purse and Tiger in the Smoke, we leave the fogs of war, and London, and find ourselves in blazing midsummer sunshine - apparently in Fairyland. Ga naar onze webwinkel in Verenigde Staten om door te gaan. I did not find the characters engaging enough to fill 80% of the pages. by Margery Allingham. The Beckoning Lady In this 15th Campion novel Albert returns to Pontisbright on holiday with Amanda, their son Rupert, Magersfontein Lugg, and Chief Inspector Charlie Luke, who much to Campion’s dismay is in love. Je kunt de niet-beschikbare artikelen nu verwijderen of we verwijderen ze bij de kassa automatisch. .3.5 stars actually.This one has interesting characters and a nice sense of place and period about it but the mystery is not very deep even though ever present. ""Truth is such a naked lady," Mr. Campion spoke softly. I gave this just 3 stars because the story just wasn’t very compelling. Money in the Morgue: The New Inspector Alleyn Mystery "Apparently in well-regulated country families no one is so indelicate as to stare at all of her at once. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book.


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