The Death of Lucy Kyte

When bestselling crime author Josephine Tey inherits a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets. Sorting through the artefacts of her godmother's life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous murder committed near the cottage a century before. Yet this old crime - dubbed the Red barn murder - still seems to haunt the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants. As Josephine settles into the house, she knows that something dark has a tight hold on the heart of this small community. Is it just the ghosts of the Red Barn murder, or is there something very much alive that she needs to fear? Trapped in this isolated community and surrounded by shadows of obsession, abuse and deceit, can Josephine untangle history from present danger and prevent a deadly cycle beginning once again?

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A highly literate page-turner is something you don't see every day. Nicola Upson is a new discovery for me, and this novel is so interesting, so well-crafted, so engaging and so genuinely creepy that it was wonderful to find that there are four other books in the series to date ... complex and convincing. Sydney Morning Herald

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Upson
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9780571287734
• ISBN: 978-0-571-28773-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 201 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Josephine Tey Mystery; Josephine Tey; Josephine Tey; Josephine Tey und Archie Penrose ermitteln
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Historical mysteries, Classic crime, Modern & contemporary fiction, Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Crime & mystery: cosy mystery