An Expert in Murder, Nicola Upson
An Expert in Murder, Nicola Upson
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An Expert in Murder
A Josephine Tey Mystery

Author: Nicola Upson

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011

Synopsis

March 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her play Richard of Bordeaux, the surprise hit of the season, with pacifist themes that resonate in a world still haunted by war. But joy turns to horror when her arrival coincides with the murder of a young woman she had befriended on the train ride—and Tey is plunged into a mystery as puzzling as any in her own works. Detective Inspector Archie Penrose is convinced that the killing is connected to the play, and that Tey herself is in danger of becoming a victim of her own success. In the aftermath of a second murder, the writer and the policeman must join together to stop a ruthless killer who will apparently stop at nothing.

About Nicola Upson

Nicola Upson won an Escalator/Arts Council England Award in 2006 for her debut novel, An Expert in Murder, the first in a series of crime novels to feature Josephine Tey—one of the leading authors of Britain’s age of crime writing. Her research for the books included many conversations with people who lived through the period and who knew Josephine Tey well, most notably Sir John Gielgud. The book was dramatized by BBC Scotland. She has also written a number of nonfiction books, including Mythologies: the Sculpture of Helaine Blumenfeld and In Good Company: A Snapshot of Theatre and the Arts.

About Davina Porter

Davina Porter has been enthralling listeners for over twenty-five years with her ability to mine the psychological depths of the characters she reads and bring them convincingly to life. In 2006, she won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Female Narration and in 2004 for Best Inspirational Literature Narration. She has been honored as an AudioFile Golden Voice and has won nineteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. As an actress, she has appeared on stage at the Vineyard Playhouse and the Square One Theater, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 19, 2022

4.5* Having read and thoroughly enjoyed a couple of later instalments in this excellent series, it was with a sense of great anticipation that I commenced reading the first book, An Expert in Murder. And I can happily report that it lived up to my high expectations! The book opens with Inverness-based......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on March 16, 2011

I'm generally suspicious of crime novels that take real people and plunk them down in a series of murders, but in this one, Upson has captured beautifully the era and the person of Josephine Tey. I look forward to more.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on February 07, 2010

Parts of this book were fine. I loved the setting and the author's desciptions of London during the 1930's. Overall, though, I can't really recommend it. I grew weary of all the characters, who were "theater people" and were awful humans. I just didn't really care about them. The laborious intertwin......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on October 30, 2022

(June 2014) As usual, I'm a "Johnny come lately" to another well-written mystery series. This time a dashing but slightly damaged WWI veteran turned detective joins with real-life author Josephine Tey, to solve classic "who dunnits" with a twist. I really enjoyed the first of this series. I'd only h......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on June 12, 2016

I loved the setting for this book, both the period - 1930s - and the place - the West End of London. The story centred in and around the New Theatre in St. Martin's Lane and I really enjoyed finding out more about that area and the descriptions are so accurate that you can literally trace the routes......more

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