An Expert in Murder

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.

About the author

Nicola Upson's debut novel, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey, who - along with Agatha Christie - was one of the masters of Britain's Golden Age of crime writing. She was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2018 for Nine Lessons and longlisted in 2021 for The Dead of Winter.

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.

Foreword

From a great new talent in British crime writing, this is the first in an engrossing new series that cleverly blends fact and fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Upson, Upson Nicola
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780571366392
• ISBN: 978-0-571-36639-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Josephine Tey und Archie Penrose ermitteln
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Historical mysteries, Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Crime & mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives