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Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author.Her novel The Daughter of Time, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. [1]
The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death.
To Love and Be Wise is a 1950 mystery detective novel by the British writer Josephine Tey. It was the fourth of six novels featuring Detective Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. [1] [2] [3]
The Man in the Queue is a 1929 detective novel by the British writer Josephine Tey. It was the first in her series of six novels featuring the Scotland Yard detective Inspector Grant. It was released during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Josephine Tey's final novel was found among her papers and published after her death in 1952. [1] Adapted by Bertram Parnaby, it was later broadcast in 1956 for BBC Home Service's "Saturday Night Theatre" [2] and televised in 1969 in an episode of the "Detective" series that is now missing. [3]
A Shilling for Candles is a 1936 mystery novel by Josephine Tey (Elizabeth MacKintosh) first published in 1936 by Methuen in the UK. It is the second of Tey's six mysteries featuring Inspector Alan Grant, and the first book written under the Josephine Tey pseudonym. The plot features the investigation of the death of the film actress Christine ...
Getty Images I've been on a bender of reading Josephine Tey recently. I don't like mysteries, usually, but I just discovered her, and for some reason I've really been in the mood for her books.
Upson presents Tey as lesbian in her novels, and has said "It wasn't explicit, but there's no doubt in my mind ... I've got enough letters and interviews enough conversations with people who knew her well that make me certain that Josephine Tey was gay"; "writing their relationship and the things that have they have to consider and the way that gay women's voices to a large extent were ...