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Apr 26, 2014
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
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I had a few problems with this book. The author seems to believe you can judge a lot by a person's face & displays some quite racist attitudes. A good ending though.
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More dissapointing than bad.
There were times when the main detective just wasnt really thinking and refuses to actually follow the leads, and towards the end It looked like he finally was doing something only for the solution to come out of nowhere (he doesnt even get the right answer)
Some weird racist coments and some sexist remarks.
I changed my rate to 1 star, because the ending is super gross????
I might try the second book, but meh.
There were times when the main detective just wasnt really thinking and refuses to actually follow the leads, and towards the end It looked like he finally was doing something only for the solution to come out of nowhere (he doesnt even get the right answer)
Some weird racist coments and some sexist remarks.
I changed my rate to 1 star, because the ending is super gross????
I might try the second book, but meh.
I think this was my first Josephine Tey—I know, shame on me. I picked this one up from the Friends of Ngaio Marsh book sale, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The pacing seemed a little slow, and there was some head-hopping and two unexpected first person interruptions, but I'm willing to overlook those.
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After exploiting all the reserves of Agatha Christie , my mind was desperate for some more unexplored arenas of early twentieth century detective fiction . A thorough research across all platforms lead me to a much acclaimed author of the time “ Josephine Tey “. Her novel “the daughter of time “ is reputed to be the best crime novels of all time . Hence , I enthusiastically began my sojourn with “The man in the Queue”, the very first of Josephine Tey and the very first of Inspector Alan Grant .
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Love Bill Kerwin's expert review here. I really enjoyed reading this, I loved how the story developed, loved her use of language (albeit sometimes with extreme overuse), wanted to love the book in its entirety, but I loathe a (view spoiler)
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Having loved the Inspector Grant whodunnits when a boy, this re-read after decades was enjoyable but little more. Literate, well-plotted, although the dénouement was too much a confessional coup de théatre.
But I will probably read the next five for old times’ sake!
But I will probably read the next five for old times’ sake!
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Alison Harrison
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