The Man in the Queue

This first mystery by Josephine Tey, a genius of the genre, reveals some of Tey the genius to any reader determined to look for it, but it also discloses much of Tey the novice writer too. It begins well, with a magnificent set piece. A festive atmosphere envelops the line of people waiting for ticke......more

This book is the first one Josephine Tey wrote in her Inspector Alan Grant series. First published in 1929, it is a product of its time in some ways, and in other ways, it is timeless. This book takes place in England (mostly London) and in Scotland. The writing is fine although at first I was consci......more

Novela leída en una LC de La librería ambulante. Lo que más me ha gustado de El hombre en la cola ha sido comprobar que Josephine Tey planteó hace casi un siglo un “whodonit” diferente protagonizado por un investigador con instinto, pero muy alejado de la infalibilidad de Sherlock Holmes o Hércules P......more

How could I have guessed that the author of The Daughter of Time, one of my favorite authors ever, could have written such a lumpy first novel? I mean, Tey's a great stylist, she writes description so well that you hardly mind that it's pages and pages of the stuff. And even in this novel, Alan Gran......more

Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard's CID unit isn't one of those individuals who hides his light under a basket, nor is he egotistical. He is self-confident in his abilities as a detective in a healthy way. This is something that comes into play as he investigates the stabbing death of The Man in......more