An Expert In Murder

Author: Nicola Upson

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  • : 24.99 NZD
  • : 9780571237715
  • : Faber and Faber
  • : Faber and Faber Crime
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  • : January 2009
  • : 198mm X 126mm X 19mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 28.99
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Description

"An Expert in Murder" is the first in a new series which features Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey as its lead character, placing her in the richly-peopled world of 1930s theatre which formed the other half of her writing life. It's March, 1934, and Tey is travelling from Scotland to London to celebrate what should be the triumphant final week of her celebrated play, Richard of Bordeaux. However, a seemingly senseless murder puts her reputation, and even her life, under threat. Cleverly blending fact and fiction, "An Expert in Murder" is both a tribute to one of the most enduringly popular writers of crime and an atmospheric detective novel in its own right.

Promotion info

Waterstone's Crime Book of the Month (February 2009)

Author description

Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is the author of two works of non-fiction and the recipient of an Escalator Award from Arts Council England. She lives with her partner, and shares her time between Cambridge and Cornwall.