Josephine Tey

Na pljazhe najdeno zhenskoe telo. Vskore vo vsekh gazetakh pojavljaetsja novost: vsemirno izvestnaja aktrisa Kristina Klej utonula. No byl li eto neschastnyj sluchaj? Znaja okruzhenie zhertvy, mozhno s uverennostju skazat, chto mnozhestvo ljudej moglo zhelat ee smerti: nevernyj muzh, zhadnyj brat, predpolagaemyj ljubovnik. Ne govorja uzhe o tom, chto poslednie dni svoej zhizni ona provela s molodym neznakomtsem, kotoromu ostavila bolshoe nasledstvo. Dlja raskrytija stol slozhnogo dela potrebuetsja vse masterstvo inspektora Alana Granta, vyzvannogo iz Skotlend-Jarda.

Ricardo III fue un rey cruel que asesin a sus sobrinos en la Torre de Londres para asegurarse el trono de Inglaterra... o eso nos han hecho creer. Postrado en una cama de hospital y soberanamente aburrido, el inspector Alan Grant de Scotland Yard se obsesiona con un retrato del monarca que, a sus ojos de fisonomista, no cuadra con su reputaci n de monstruo. Ayudado por un joven investigador del Museo Brit nico, intentar descubrir qui n fue en realidad Ricardo III y qu hay de cierto en la historia de los pr ncipes de la Torre. La hija del tiempo fue declarada por la Asociaci n de Escritores de Novela Negra del Reino Unido la mejor novela de misterio de todos los tiempos. En ella, Josephine Tey analiza c mo se construye la historia a partir de hechos, pero tambi n de testimonios sin pruebas fidedignas que los respalden. Una obra soberbia y original que, en la poca de las fake news, cobra una nueva vigencia.

A man stands in line for a London theater performance. Moments later, he collapses-murdered in plain sight, yet no one saw a thing. Thus begins The Man in the Queue, Josephine Tey's masterfully plotted debut mystery that introduced the sharp, quietly brilliant Inspector Alan Grant. Set against the bustling backdrop of 1920s London, this gripping whodunit blends classic detective fiction with psychological depth and subtle wit. As Grant digs into the victim's shadowy past, what first appears to be a random act of violence becomes something far more intricate-and far more dangerous. With no clear motive, no witnesses, and a trail that twists through the streets of London and into the highlands of Scotland, Grant must rely on intuition, patience, and determination to solve a case that defies easy answers.

A man stands in line for a London theater performance. Moments later, he collapses-murdered in plain sight, yet no one saw a thing. Thus begins The Man in the Queue, Josephine Tey's masterfully plotted debut mystery that introduced the sharp, quietly brilliant Inspector Alan Grant. Set against the bustling backdrop of 1920s London, this gripping whodunit blends classic detective fiction with psychological depth and subtle wit. As Grant digs into the victim's shadowy past, what first appears to be a random act of violence becomes something far more intricate-and far more dangerous. With no clear motive, no witnesses, and a trail that twists through the streets of London and into the highlands of Scotland, Grant must rely on intuition, patience, and determination to solve a case that defies easy answers.

Inspector Alan Grant has made a career out of his ability to read faces. Laid up in hospital with a spinal injury, he passes the time studying portraits, one of which holds his interest above all others-that of Richard III, the villainous murderer of the princes in the tower. But that face, Inspector Alan Grant is convinced, is not the face of a murderer. In one of the of the most thrilling and original detective stories of all time, Josephine Tey sets her intuitive inspector on a unique investigation into a double murder committed at the close of Late Middle Ages.