A famous movie actress is found dead, washed up on the shore of Kent. The only thing to indicate it might not have just been an accidental drowning is that the police found a button from a dark overcoat tangled in her hair. But, virtually no one knew that the actress was at this isolated cottage, sa...
After reading Josephine Teys mysteries, I thought I'd post some of my thoughts about them.First the positives:They're free.They're well written in general.They're really good mysteries. The minor characters are mostly nice and interesting.To me, they're historic, though I know the author wrote and p...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, published-1936, fraudio, britain-england, spring-2010, winter-20142015, film-only Read from May 28, 2010 to January 11, 2015, read count: 2 Now for the filmDescription: A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screamin...
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 with the body which indicates murder is never mentioned in anyth...
"If you look and act like a million dollars they’ll lick your boots. But you let them suspect that you don’t think much of yourself and they’re on you like ants on a dying wasp." I read "A Shilling for candles" because it is the book of the Month at the English Mysteries Club (Goodreads Group) an...
I liked the book especially the characters. However, as a mystery it didn't work for me--too many red herrings and not enough clues for the reader, or even the Inspector. Her books Daughter of Time and Brat Farrar were much better. Still this book did keep my interest as I wanted to see what the ch...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, published-1936, fraudio, britain-england, spring-2010 Read from May 28 to 29, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** 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...
Josephine Tey is one of my favorite mystery authors--easily top five. This isn't a favorite book among her works though. Sadly, she only wrote eight. The introduction to the latest editions by Robert Barnard name The Daughter of Time, The Franchise Affair and Brat Farrar as the standouts; I'd add Mi...
I read the book a long time ago and am now listening to the audiobook. After re-reading the first book, I thought I must have looked back on Ms. Tey's books with rose colored glasses. I had read them in the mid 1990s and hadn't re-read them since. I realized that's 20 years! This book showed me th...
I wish I hadn't left getting better acquainted with Josephine Tey's writing for quite so long. In this novel, Tey's second, Inspector Alan Grant investigates the murder of a famous actress, whose death by drowning had been predicted by a celebrity clairvoyant. In her characteristically elegant prose...
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