The Franchise Affair
A teenage girl accuses two women of beating and imprisoning her: a classic crime novel from the 1940s, inspired by a true story.
Surrey, 1948. Inspector Grant is dispatched by Scotland Yard to...
TEY, Josephine
Brat Farrar
The Ashbys are English landowners dedicated to horse breeding. They have always lived in the small town of Clare and guided a peaceful quiet life led by Aunt Bee, who takes care of her four nephews after...
The Daughter of Time
Inspector Grant's Case No. 4 revolves around this renowned Scotland Yard detective, who, after suffering a leg fracture, finds himself in the hospital and overwhelmed with boredom. Someone suggests he...
The Man in the Queue
First book of Inspector Alan Grant. The novel begins by narrating a March evening in a London theater where a long line of people are waiting their turn to see a musical comedy. A man is murdered. No one...
A Shilling for Candles
The novel is part of the series of Inspector Alan Grant,that leads the case and stars in the story. The inspector investigates the murder of a famous woman, but when one of the suspects is ruled out,...
The Daughter of Time
Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, confined to hospital to recuperate from a broken leg and other injuries, decides to apply modern police investigatory techniques to the mystery of the two princes’...
A Shilling for Candles
Josephine Tey’s second novel featuring Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard.
Early in the morning, the body of a young woman washes up on the Kent seashore, apparently drowned. Forensic...