He crooked a finger, beckoning Rebus closer.

He crooked his finger, beckoning her toward him.

The youth was small and slim, perhaps twenty, and he crooked an imperious finger at Joan, beckoning her to follow him.

For some reason the image of the damaged fingers beckoning from the misshapen cabin door flashed behind Anna's eyes.

She crooked her finger, beckoning him closer.

He crooked his finger, beckoning to her, and she moved closer to his control chair.

And she reached out a hand to him, the tiny fingers beckoning.

Meanwhile, Luc's arms were still open wide, his fingers beckoning, his hips swaying slowly to the beat.

Huge green skull leering at drivers from a billboard on Sunset, hooded, holding a pyx, bony fingers beckoning.

He didn't speak again, but lifted two fingers, beckoning.