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To Love and Be Wise

Josephine Tey author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:22nd Sep '22

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'The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world' VAL MCDERMID

'The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day' JOSEPH KNOX

When Hollywood-star photographer Leslie Searle disappears from a remote English village, gifted inspector Alan Grant is called in to investigate. But what would bring such a successful individual to the village? And was his vanishing his own doing, or did something eerie occur at the hands of an unsuspected culprit?

'Will leave you desperate to re-read' SARAH HILARY

'Worth reading for its ingenious denouement'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world -- Val McDermid
The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day -- Joseph Knox
Will leave you desperate to re-read -- Sarah Hilary
Worth reading for its ingenious denouement * Times Literary Supplement *
One of the best mysteries of all time * New York Times *
As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays * Observer *
Nobody can beat Miss Tey at characterisation or elegance of style: this novel's a beauty * San Francisco Chronicle *
First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written * Los Angeles Times *
Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing * Spectator *
Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field * New Yorker *

ISBN: 9781529156430

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 191g

272 pages