Author: nicolaupson

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 body of the church’s organist is found in an opened grave, together with a photograph of a manor house and a cryptic note. The image leads Archie to Cambridge, where the crisp autumn air has brought with it bustling … life to the ancient university and town.Mystery author Josephine Tey and Archie’s lover Bridget Foley have each recently settled in Cambridge, though both women are not equally happy to see him. One has concealed…

“Historical crime fiction at its very best” (The Sunday Times): In 1937, a British journalist is murdered during King George’s coronation ceremony. Can playwright Josephine Tey unmask the killer? “Psychologically complex and twisty” (Publishers Weekly starred review), for fans of Jacqueline Winspear!

Josephine Tey inherits a cottage — and the secrets within it — from her godmother. But the clues to an old crime lurk there, and the truth will bring her to a mysterious woman who also has a claim on the house… “Highly original and elegantly written” (P. D. James).