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Brat Farrar – Josephine Tey
Somehow, I never read this before. Somehow I never had a copy until not too long ago, and somehow when I reread all my Teys at the beginning of the year I couldn’t put my hands on my copy. (It’s … Continue reading
The Singing Sands – Josephine Tey
Quite a few murder mysteries begin with their victim alive, just long enough that the reader comes to know and like him. (I hate that.) With The Singing Sands, the victim is dead from the beginning, but I still got … Continue reading
To Love and Be Wise – Josephine Tey
To Love and Be Wise boasts another absolutely gorgeous cover by Pamela Patrick. This is one time when I understand the Goodreads folk who obsess about uniformity in a series. My editions are a ragtag group; someday I’d like to … Continue reading
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The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey
Edison single-handedly discovered electricity. Paul Revere made a midnight ride to warn village folk that the British were approaching. Of course, Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover America. Richard III had his two young nephews killed off in … Continue reading
Miss Pym Disposes – Josephine Tey
I want to find a Miracle Man to bring Alfred Hitchcock back to life (or a time machine to bring him forward) so that I can go beg, coerce, or otherwise convince him to make films of all the Josephine … Continue reading
A Shilling for Candles – Josephine Tey
Another excellent example of “not your ordinary mystery novel”. A body is discovered on a beach, and the immediate assumption of suicide is soon contradicted by the evidence. (I have to say I’m a little impressed that the article found … Continue reading
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Tagged A Shilling for Candles, Alan Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Josephine Tey
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The Franchise Affair – Josephine Tey
I read this thinking throughout “This book would make a fantastic movie. I can’t believe it hasn’t been adapted – it has everything.” But it has been filmed, in Hollywood in 1950 only on VHS at the moment – co-starring … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Grant, based on a true story, Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair
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The Man in the Queue – Josephine Tey
After a long absence, Alan Grant returns to my life. (Which is a different way of saying “I haven’t read this in a long time”.) It’s obvious that Josephine Tey didn’t originally intend to write mystery novels: not to in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Grant, Josephine Tey, London, Pamela Patrick theatre, The Man in the Queue
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An Expert in Murder: Nicola Upson
This is billed as the first in a series of mysteries starring writer Josephine Tey as the detective, and that puzzles me a little. She was a primary character, but not the primary character, and didn’t really serve as the … Continue reading
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Tagged An Expert in Murder, Gordon Daviot, Josephine Tey, Nicola Upson, Richard of Bordeaux
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