An Expert in Murder
$19.98
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2021
Summary
An Expert in Murder is the first in a new series that features Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey as its lead character, placing her in the richly peopled world of 1930s theatre which formed the other half of her writing life.
It’s March 1934, and Tey is travelling from Scotland to London to celebrate what should be the triumphant final week of her celebrated play, Richard of Bordeaux. However, a seemingly senseless murder puts her reputation, and even her life, u…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571366392 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571366392 |
| Author: | Nicola Upson |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘The arrival of a new and assured talent is always a pleasure for aficionados of the classical detective story…To be able to evoke a fictional world which is at the same time totally believable is a rare talent and Nicola Upson is to be congratulated on this the first of what promises to be a distinguished series.’ - P. D. James
‘Nicola Upson’s clever and evocative debut novel…this novelist certainly has the prose and the nous.’ - Guardian
Nicola Upson
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is the author of two works of non-fiction and the recipient of an Escalator Award from Arts Council England. She lives with her partner, and shares her time between Cambridge and Cornwall.
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