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A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
Category: Crime and Thrillers
When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant is on the case. But the inquiry into her death turns into a nightmare of false leads and baffling clues. Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine C ...Show more
A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress is found lying dead on the beach one morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however c ...Show more
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Category: Fiction
A classic mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction.A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of ...Show more
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Category: Crime and Thrillers
An imposter has a fortune to win and his life to lose in this gripping country house mysteryA stranger enters the Ashby family home posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerisms, appearance and every sign ...Show more
FRANCHISE AFFAIR by TEY JOSEPHINE
Category: Fiction
Marion Sharpe and her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law. But Betty Kane accuses them of kidnap and abuse in their country home, The Franchise. It takes Robert Blair, solicitor turned amateur detective, to solve the mystery.
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
Category: Fiction
Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline and Miss. Lucy Pym was pleased and flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health and vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate. Then there was a nasty acc ...Show more
THE DAUGHTER OF TIME by TEY JOSEPHINE
Category: Fiction
At Scotland Yard, Inspector Grant has a reputation for being able to pick them at sight. Now he is in hospital, knowing that no amount of good behaviour is going to make this anything less than an extended stay. Yet his professional curiosity is soon aroused. In a portrait of Richard III, the hunchbacke ...Show more
THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR by TEY JOSEPHINE
Category: Fiction
Marion Sharpe and her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law. But Betty Kane accuses them of kidnap and abuse in their country home, The Franchise. It takes Robert Blair, solicitor turned amateur detective, to solve the mystery.