Complete Works of Josephine Tey Quotes

“before night,’ as Nanny used to say of too exuberant children.”
― Josephine Tey, Complete Works of Josephine Tey

“At noon London made you a present of an entertainment, rich and varied and amusing. But at midnight she made you a present of herself; at midnight you could hear her breathe.”
― Josephine Tey, Collected Works: Inspector Alan Grant Novels & Other Detective Tales: The Daughter of Time, The Franchise Affair…

“The Wynns' home outside Aylesbury was in a countrified suburb; the kind of district where rows of semi-detached houses creep along the edge of the still unspoiled fields; selfconscious and aware that they are intruders, or smug and not caring, according to the character their builders have given them.”
― Josephine Tey, Collected Works: Inspector Alan Grant Novels & Other Detective Tales: The Daughter of Time, The Franchise Affair…