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The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant #1) by Josephine Tey is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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A clever mystery classic from one of Britain’s greatest & most original crime writers, the author of The Daughter of TimeIn 1920s London, the packed queue for the city’s most popular musical comedy is growing impatient. When the theatre doors open at last & the crowd surges forward, a man falls to the ground, dead-silently stabbed with a stiletto. Who killed him before melting away unseen into the night?As Inspector Alan Grant investigates, the mystery turns into a breathless manhunt leading from London all the way to the Scottish highlands & back, before at last a truth is revealed that shocks even the canny detective himself. This is an unforgettable classic from crime writing’s golden age. °°° Josephine Tey is one of the most brilliant & original of all British crime writers. Born in Inverness in 1896, Tey made her mystery debut with The Man in the Queue in 1929, the book that also introduced Inspector Alan Grant. The Daughter of Time, voted number 1 in the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list published by the British Crime Writers’ Association, is also available from Pushkin Vertigo.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Josephine Tey
- Publisher
- Pushkin Vertigo, Pushkin Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781782279600
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, True Crime, Crime
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (102 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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