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The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Scottish writer Josephine Tey featuring Inspector Alan Grant. Confined to a hospital bed, Grant investigates whether King Richard III was responsible for the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower, using historical accounts and documentary evidenc...
The Franchise Affair is a 1948 mystery novel by British author Josephine Tey, inspired in part by the historical Elizabeth Canning case. Lawyer Robert Blair assists Marion Sharpe and her mother after a schoolgirl accuses them of abducting, beating, and imprisoning her at their isolated home, the Fra...
Brat Farrar is a 1949 mystery novel by British writer Josephine Tey. Its title character is persuaded to impersonate Patrick Ashby, the missing heir to a country estate where horses are bred and trained, because he closely resembles the Ashby family. Although the deception could secure him an inheri...
A Shilling for Candles is a 1936 mystery novel by Josephine Tey and the second novel featuring Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant. Grant investigates after the body of film actress Christine Clay is found on a beach on the Kent coast, initially suggesting an accidental drowning. The inquiry moves th...
The Man in the Queue is a 1929 detective novel by Josephine Tey, originally published under the name Gordon Daviot, and the first novel featuring Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant. A man is stabbed while standing in a dense queue outside a London theater, leaving police with an unidentified victim,...
