Called to the peaceful wooded churchyard of St-John's-at-Hampstead, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces one of the most audacious and unusual murders of his career. The case leads Archie to...

May, 1937. Josephine Tey is in London to oversee a BBC radio production of her play, Queen of Scots. Meanwhile, the country is preparing to crown a new king. At the height of the Coronation celebrations,...

The final cut is the deepest... Summer, 1936. Crime writer Josephine joins her friends in the holiday village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Joining them are Alfred Hitchcock and...

A house that can't restA crime that won't fade... When crime writer Josephine Tey inherited a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets. Sorting through the artefacts of her...

** Longlisted for the CWA Sapere Books Historial Dagger 2020 ** 'Haunting . . . Superlative.' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month'A terrific novel.' A. N. Wilson Summer, 1915: a young woman falls...

'Highly original and elegantly-written ... The first of what promises to be a distinguished series.' P.D. JamesDeath is not a rehearsal... It's March 1934, and Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey...

'More than just a brilliant mystery . . . wonderful.' Ian Moore 'Kept me guessing. Bravo!' Martin EdwardsIt takes a village to bury a child.1 September, 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across...

Two can keep a secret - if one of them is dead... Inspector Archie Penrose invites crime writer Josephine Tey down to his family home in Cornwall so she can recover from a recent trauma. Josephine...

Old sins cast long shadows... Thirty years on from a horrific series of child murders in London, Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the crimes' perpetrators: Amelia Sach and Annie Walters,...

December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St Michael's Mount - and...

Été 1936, village de Portmeirion. Josephine Tey, la grande dame de Lettres écossaise, s'apprête à célébrer son quarantième anniversaire auprès de ses amis, dont le non moins célèbre Alfred Hitchcock....

De retour à Londres, Josephine Tey enquête pour un nouveau roman sur deux tueuses d'enfants exécutées à la fin du XIXe siècle. Elle ignore alors que cette macabre affaire de " Baby Farming " va la mettre...

'Always a delight.' Sunday TimesI will never understand why murder is considered such a lowbrow speciality in Hollywood. September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where...

Nicola Upson blends biography and fiction, excitement and menace, and a touch of Alfred Hitchcock in Fear in the Sunlight, a mystery starring real-life writer Josephine Tey.Summer, 1936: Josephine Tey...

March 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her play Richard of Bordeaux, the surprise hit of the season, with pacifist themes that resonate...

Intrepid writer and amateur sleuth Josephine Tey returns in this sixth installment of Nicola Upson’s popular series—perfect for fans of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot and Jaqueline Winspear’s Maisie...

“As befits a tribute to the golden age of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers et. al., there are plot twists, plot turns and red herrings aplenty.”—Time Out London Real-life British mystery writer Josephine...

“A new and assured talent….Nicola Upson is to be congratulated.”—P.D. JamesAuthor Nicola Upson brings legendary mystery writer Josephine Tey back for a third investigation in Two for Sorrow, the spellbinding...

In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpected inheritance plunges beloved British mystery author Josephine Tey into a disturbing puzzle of dark...