tags: Josephine Tey, mystery
⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
A woman's body lay limp on the beach. And while the waves lapped gently at her scarlet-tipped toes, twisted in her hair was an article which screamed murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case would become a nightmare of too many clues and too many motives. For the woman was the famous screen actress, Christine Clay. And the world was full of people who wanted her dead.
I revisited my Josephine Tey Kindle collection of novels for lack of books to read. I was pleasantly surprised I liked this one published in 1939, the second novel featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant. I didn't like him in the novel The Daughter Of Time. I will read the rest of the novels in the collection soon.
IMHO, Josephine Tey wrote a great mystery story and I liked her humor also, but I am still not convinced that her Alan Grant hero is a likeable character. I find him slow and lacks oomph. But it's just me.
Recommended for mystery novel readers.
