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Josephine Tey #6
Harper
April 2016
On Sale: March 29, 2016
Featuring: Josephine Tey
336 pages ISBN: 0062418157 EAN: 9780062418159 Kindle: B01122C03O Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery Historical
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.
Josephine Tey
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