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Fear in the Sunlight
Written by Nicola Upson
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Summer, 1936: Josephine Tey joins her friends in the resort village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, are there to sign a deal to film Josephine's novel, A Shilling for Candles, and Alfred Hitchcock has one or two tricks up his sleeve to keep the holiday party entertained-and expose their deepest fears. But things get out of hand when one of Hollywood's leading actresses is brutally slashed to death in a cemetery near the village. The following day, fear and suspicion take over in a setting where nothing-and no one-is quite what it seems.
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Nicola Upson
Nicola Upson is the author of five previous Josephine Tey mysteries, including An Expert in Murder, and two works of nonfiction. She has worked in theater and as a freelance journalist. A recipient of an Escalator Award from the Arts Council England, she splits her time between Cambridge and Cornwall.
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Reviews for Fear in the Sunlight
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've read and enjoyed the other books in this series, but I found this one rather disappointing. The characters (who all actually seemed to be someone else) were confusing and, apart from the regulars, were insufficiently drawn out to engage my interest. The introduction of the Hitchcocks, though seeming a bit pointless in itself, added a bit of colour as did the setting of Portmeirion. SPOILER: The fact that Josephine is dead may suggest that this is the last in this series and I couldn't help get the feeling that the writer was anxious to see the end of it.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5After struggling through almost half the book I finally gave up. The basic premise of using real characters around a fictional plot set in a real location, Portmeiron is worthwhile. The problem is the author has created so many characters to populate the plot, I found keeping tabs on them and their relationship to each other impossible, especially if there is a gap in reading sessions.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What an utterly captivating book. Shattered all my snobbish skepticism into little pieces. Transcends the "crime fiction/mystery" genre. I had decided the idea of using a real-life mystery writer as protagonist was cheesy and dismissed the series. (Particularly since I hold Tey in high regard.) But the Hitchcock element of this installment intrigued me because I knew his wife featured heavily, so I dipped my toe in expecting a pandering little fluffy romp I could easily dismiss. Couldn't have been further from the truth. Genre aside, it's one of the best pieces of fiction I've read in a while. Not rating highly because it surprised but because it was flat out damn good. Wonderfully wrought.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A real life mystery writer, Josephine Tey, is the protagonist in this series of stories. Having read all of Tey's works, I truly enjoy seing her as the heroine in a rather offbeat series such as this. This time the setting is Portmerion, England where a murder takes place in the center of a gathering of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and those who are involved in their movie making.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While Fear in Sunlight is the most recent Josephine Tey mystery by Nicola Upson, it isn't necessary to have read the earlier novels in the series to be drawn to the characters and her lead detective, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose. We quickly learn that Josephine Tey and DCI Penrose have a complicated history linked in part to World War I, but the Great War has left its mark on most everyone in Great Britain.Fear in Sunlight takes us back to the days when Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma have brought together Josephine Tey and several actors with the intent of producing Tey's A Shilling for Candles into a Hitchcock film. But as Hitchcock has a penchant for cruel jokes of sorts, he's arranged an elaborate prank that goes awry. Two deaths and a suicide later, DCI Penrose must try to make sense of the violence and to parse through the many levels of deception. Engaging, well crafted, and beautifully written, Fear in Sunlight is a treat for those who love a fun British mystery and have a particular fondness for Josephine Tey. I've ordered the first book in the series and plan to go through them all. ISBN-10: 0062195433 - Paperback $14.99Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 9, 2013), 432 pages.Review copy courtesy of the publisher.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the first book I've read, but the fourth in a series of "Josephine Tey Mysteries." This one also includes Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, along with presumably fictional people invited by Hitchcock for a weekend at Portmeirion in Wales. Also at Portmeirion are Josephine and her presumably fictional friends; or not. I am not familiar enough with her life to know how close these characters are to real. Certainly some of them seem to be very similar to people in her books. Archie Penrose is said to be the inspiration for Inspector Grant; the names and Marta and Lydia appear in her novels. It seems as if a previous story in the series involved Marta and Archie in a murder mystery; but Ms. Upson is careful not to give away whodunit. Portmeirion is, according to the author's note, a real place, and was used to film The Prisoner.There are seven parts to the book, each one named for a Hitchcock film. There are also references to some of his other movies: for example, a large flock of birds is mentioned, someone falls from a tower. Someone mentions that the author of The Thirty-nine Steps was happy with all the changes made by Hitchcock. Apparently, Josephine Tey is less pleased with how her A Shilling for Candles is transformed into Young and Innocent. Now I have to see the credits of the film. Upson also points out the similarity between Rear Window and The Daughter of Time.The book definitely kept my interest and my have helped to keep me up at night; I would consider reading the other books in the series. There are many conversations about what is important in life, and not a lot of small talk. The story is much more graphic and grisly than anything I've read by Tey. I was left with the feeling that there were loose ends to the mystery. And while the solution worked, other solutions would also have worked. Definitely there are unanswered questions in the book. SPOILER: We learn that Archie has a wife, but we never learn her name. Perhaps there will be a fifth book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A book full of lots of short chapters; I pretty much read it one chapter at a time and didn't get the hang of the plot or the characters at all for a long time. I was getting characters muddled up for a good two thirds of the book. Another Josephine Tey mystery with a large role for Alfred Hitchcock, I'm not a film person and think there were a lot of film references here that I didn't really get. In the end I liked it, I've enjoyed the rest of the series and look forward to more, but I think I would have enjoyed it much more if I'd read it in large chunks.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rather disappointing. I had read, and enjoyed, the earlier books in the series but I found this one rather muddled. More than that, the characters did not engage my attention and I could hardly bring myself to care who turned out to be the serial killer in the end. The reason for his crimes also eluded me completely