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London Rain: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey
London Rain: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey
London Rain: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey
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London Rain: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey

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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 Dobbs—that unfolds in 1930s London as England prepares to crown a new king.

London, 1937. Following the gloomy days of the abdication of King Edward VIII, the entire city is elated to welcome King George. Just one of the many planned festivities for the historic coronation is a BBC radio adaptation of Queen of Scots, and the original playwright, Josephine Tey, has been invited to sit in on rehearsals.

Soon, however, Josephine gets wrapped up in another sort of drama. The lead actress has been sleeping with Britain’s most venerable newsman, Anthony Beresford—and his humiliated wife happens to work in the building. The sordid affair seems to reach its bloody climax when Beresford is shot to death in his broadcasting booth at the deafening height of the coronation ceremony.

Josephine’s dear friend, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose, has the case wrapped up before long. But when a second, seemingly related murder throws Penrose for a loop, it falls to Josephine to unravel a web of betrayal, jealousy, and long-held secrets… caught all the while in a love triangle of her own making.

Charming and provocative, thick with the atmosphere of prewar England, London Rain is a captivating portrait of a city on the edge—and an unforgettable woman always one step ahead of her time.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateMar 29, 2016
ISBN9780062418142
London Rain: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey
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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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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Once again our heroine Josephine Tey is thrust into a murder case. This time the events coincide with the coronation of King George after the abdication of his brother. As their part of the celebration, the BBC offers a radio adaptation of Josephine's play "Queen of Scots". When a BBC newsman is murdered during the festivities, Josephine is right there. Her friend detective Archie Penrose thinks the case is wrapped up because the newsman's wife admits to the killing; but when more murders happen Josephine steps in to offer her assistance. This novel really kept me guessing something which always makes a mystery more enjoyable to me. I thought it one of the strongest stories in this series.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    It's 1937 and the country is preparing for the coronation of the king, but DCI Penrose's schedule is disrupted when he is called out to the murder of one of the BBC's broadcasters. But that is not the last of the murders.
    In the end the story became a decent mystery but the pace was much to slow and certainly too much about the personal life of Tey.

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