Unabridged and read by Steven Thorne. 2.5* Certain nouns that were the vogue back then, grate on our modern ears - 'dago' being the most persistent offender. Of course, anyone who reads this will be aware of the year it was penned and adjust sensibilities accordingly.Blurb - The "Man in the Queue", ...
It started quite slow, and with some remarks that could be perceived as somewhat racist in a modern context. I suspect this is more due to modern sensitivity than actual racism in this case however, and either way the opinions seem to be those of the character rather than the author.The story ended...
There are some interesting subtexts in this story of love, obsession and murder. A man in a queue for the final performance of a particular actress in this run of her play before she goes to the US falls over dead and no-one remembers him being murdered. Inspector Alan Grant has to uncover the clues...
[These notes were made in 1984:]. First published 1953 as by "Gordon Daviot." Tey's first mystery novel, but all the elements are already there, including an attractive Inspector Grant, running on intuition, even when he has an airtight case against his prime suspect. The moral of the story is rea...
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