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by Josephine Tey
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jemidar
jemidar rated it 13 years ago
Buddy read with Kim :-).
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 15 years ago
mp3 - Quite a (messy) over ambitious plot line that meant either complete adherence or suffer the consequences. Not worth more than the solid three but I will say, Tey had the gift, although it is not so obvious in this tale. I will look for more.---------------------Read by.................. Steph...
Papyrus to Datapad
Papyrus to Datapad rated it 16 years ago
Whilst better than the first Grant novel, if only for the fact it is solved -by- Grant rather than by a deus ex machina, this is still merely an interesting mystery, falling far short of a great, or even good, one. The parts of this novel that shine are the characters which are themselves richly dr...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 17 years ago
One of my favorite Tey books, of which there are many. (March 2008)-----Another Inspector Grant mystery, this one far less memorable than the others, in my opinion. Tey’s crankiness on certain subjects definitely comes out, and the story isn’t remarkable either for the mystery, or for Grant’s intros...
A Scottish-Canadian Blethering On About Books
[These notes were made in 1984:]. An actress is found drowned on a beach, and a young man who has been living (platonically) with her, returns from a foolhardy attempt to steal her car just as the body is discovered by police. This Tisdall (as he is called) is our friend Grant's prime suspect for t...
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