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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
November 29, 1995
I needed to acquire a number of copies of this book to give to family and friends for get togeather that I am planning. Knowing that I do not have a lot of money, a co-worker/friend recommended I try Amazon.com. I previously avoided the site because I heard some horror stories but she suggested still that I give it a try. Initially I had a problem related to shipping and which vendor offered the... more
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| 2. Brat Farrar | 
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
September 02, 1997
This is a great read--romance, mystery, and horses. I could live without the horses, but it is set among horse owners and amateur races in England in the mid-20th Century. The mystery is really a thriller. Brat Farrar has agreed to impersonate a missing heir. So at first reader assume that he is a villain. As the circumstances of the family are exposed, this villain turns into a romantic lead... more
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| 3. The Franchise Affair |
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Collier Books
1988-11
I appreciate a mystery writer who doesn't make every mystery a murder mystery. This is a fun read about the best and worst of man's nature - a case that seems to be one person's word against anothers'. Watch how the general public reacts and form your own opinion. This sort of tale is timeless.
Foul Language - None.
Sex - None, overtly. Some discussion of cohabitation by an unwed... more
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| 4. To Love and Be Wise |
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
August 18, 1998
TO LOVE AND BE WISE is one of the best of the eight novels of Josephine Tey. The reader will be confused along with Inspector Alan Grant until the very last as to what happen to Leslie Searle.
Insp. Grant met Ms. Searle very briefly at a London party and thought no more about him until he was sent to Salcott St. Mary to investigate the drowning of the young man who had been visiting the home... more
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| 5. The Singing Sands |
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
December 16, 1996
Reading any Josephine Tey reminds us of why we write, the desire to achieve in the mystery genre the lyrical quality that blends a work across line into literary fiction.
THE SINGING SANDS was the final appearance of the Insp. Alan Grant. It was published after Ms. Tey's (Elizabeth MacKintosh) death in 1952 and may have been completed by someone else as there is a slight change of pace and style... more
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| 6. Man in the Queue | 
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
November 29, 1995
As noted by other reviewers, Tey doesn't necessarily present the reader with all the clues needed for the reader to solve the mystery. Still, the reader can enjoy a bit of a brain teaser as Tey brings all her characters to life.
I'm a big Tey fan and anglophile and I simply enjoy reading her works. This book is no exception.
Foul Language - None.
Sex - None.
Violence... more
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| 7. A Shilling for Candles | 
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
February 15, 1998
This is the second Alan Grant book I've read and I didn't read them in order, more's the pity for me.
An actress, Christine Clay, has taken a cottage near the ocean to hide out for a while. She is joined by a total stranger to her, Robert Tisdall, who was also looking to get away from life for a while. One morning, Christine turns up dead, drowned in the sea, and Inspector Alan Grant from... more
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| 8. Miss Pym Disposes |
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Touchstone
August 18, 1998
Perhaps my copy of this novel has the last chapter missing.
I very much enjoyed two of Josephine Tey's other novels:Brat Farrar and The Franchise Affair. Both were brilliant, especially Brat Farrar.
So I was keen to read this book, an earlier novel. About half-way through this novel, I was ready to give up: there was no mystery, no crime in sight. The atmosphere of a women's college... more
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| 9. Three by Tey: Miss Pym Disposes, The Franchise Affair, and Brat Farrar | 
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By: Josephine Tey, Elizabeth MacKintosh
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
1954-09
This book contains 3 delightful novels (of only 8 written) by Tey. All 3 are wonderful period pieces illustrating English life with terrific characterizations, dialog, psychological discussions, & moral dilemmas. The mystery tends to take a back seat to the basic novel, however. Tey also provides some pithy comments: From Miss Pym Disposes: p. 122: As a psychologist she began to suspect she... more
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| 10. The Daughter of Time |
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By: Josephine Tey
Publisher: London: Peter Davies
1951-12
I can't recommend this highly enough. Years ago it was the first eye opener for me that history might not be all the textbooks said it was, but this time I simply enjoyed the humor and interactions of the characters. I think it possible that Richard III is right up there with Hamlet in my list of "dreamy maligned heroes." Such a great, fast read... more
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