Author: josephinetey
Laid up with a broken leg, Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant turns his razor-sharp mind to a historical puzzle: Did Richard III really murder his nephews? This “ingenious” page-turner (The Sunday Times) is “one of the best mysteries of all time” (The New York Times).
“An enthralling cat-and-mouse hunt” (Daily Mail) from a classic mystery author! When a stabbing occurs in a crowded theater, inspector Alan Grant must find out how it happened — and who’s responsible. With over 1,800 five-star Goodreads ratings.
What begins as a ploy to claim an inheritance ends with the impostor’s life hanging in the balance. In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family’s sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick’s mannerism’s, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick’s … Patrick’s early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets…