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  <default_description>On his train journey back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure -- but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin's death.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went on a little mystery jag.  I liked The Man in the Queue, so I checked out The Singing Sands next.  I didn't know it at the time, but it so happens that &quot;Queue&quot; was her first book and &quot;Sands&quot; was her last.  Given that time lapse, I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46472291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The last novel by a great writer who died too early, takes Inspector Grant on a rest cure to the remote Scottish islands on the west coast of Scotland.<br/><br/>Few people got out of tipping the sour-faced attendant on the London to Scotland railway line, but the man in compartment B7 did. But Ins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37463390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a mystery, the story is a bit mediocre, especially with the wrap-it-all-up criminal confession coming at the end. But Tey has a wonderful way with words; there were several descriptive paragraphs that begged to be read aloud to whomever happened to be passing at the time. It was hard to remember ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73604116">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second time I've read this in the past 4 years.   I liked even the second reading as Tey/Macintosh has such a lovely way with words.   This time it was for my mystery group.   Because of that I learned about singing sands, and about Wabar the meteorite crater and Ubar the lost city in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45388859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read mystery books not for blood and gore, but for atmosphere and suspense. The Singing Sands, like Tey's other books, is very well-written and provides a contemporary glimpse into another place and time: 1950-ish Scotland. As always, the characters are intriguing and the story is suspenseful. Not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68046233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this view of Inspector Grant: a little unstable, a little uncertain.  And while Tey's opposition to Scottish nationalism may be a little heavy handed in this book, the characters are fantastic - especially the little boy.  More a traditional mystery than some of her other books, <em>The Singing ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71212216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting detective novel; very cerebral! Although a dead man is discovered early on, it is not until the final few pages that a crime is revealed and had been committed by the most unlikely person. Inspector Alan Grant follows the trail through the Hebrides and back to London while eventually ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56380515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most of the reviews of this book on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> praise it, but I was disappointed.  I enjoyed Inspector Grant and his family in Scotland, but the mystery of the singing sands was improbable and the ending far-fetched.  I see that this book was published posthumously; I'm not sure it added anything to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66425421">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure why I picked this up, but it's old and contrived.  Maybe because it was about Scotland, and it didn mention Oban, but the ending with the letter explaining all, was too much.  1953, so what can you expect.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These great old English mystery books by Josephine Tey are a treasure.  It's like discovering a new Agatha Christie and Josephine Tey is just as good.  If you find one is a used bookstore, pick it up.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was a teenager and fell in love with it.  It's still a pretty absorbing book; recommended for those (like me) who still enjoy Agatha Christie and the earlier detective stories.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having heard all my life of Josephine Tey, it is only now that I've gotten around to reading one of her books, and it happens to be the one mystery novel of her six to have been published posthumously.<br/><br/>Her prose is good quality stuff, nicely paced and evocative.  Her characters are amusin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21987753">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had forgotten how wonderful Tey's mysteries are. And then I pick one up again and can't put it down. This, her last, is wonderful. If you'll excuse me, I need to go read another one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nifty little mystery, couched in the wonderful characterization that was Tey's forte. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a mystery book, the plot is crap. However, books need *either* a good plot or good writing, best if both, and I liked the writing a lot. So, I enjoyed reading it. I won't give it away, but damn, it ends in the worst way for a mystery. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 21 17:50:03 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just discovered Josephine Tey and really like her style.  I am very much enjoying this novel.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent! I'm only sorry she wrote a few books with Inspector Grant-]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scottish mystery writer; kind of different.  Enjoyable.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tey is an intriguing writer with some different plots and ideas from the run-of-the-mill mystery or suspense stories. This entry, her last, has Inspector Grant in the Scots Highlands trying to recover from severe a little breakdown caused by the stress of his work. The Scots ambience is pleasant and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11920211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the way Tey writes.  &quot;Nuf said.]]></body>
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