Josephine Tey

Tey For Two: A Book Binge Review

Book Reviews, Classic Mysteries, Vintage Style / By Ellen Seltz

…or rather, Tey for four. I’ve been on an author binge this summer, and I don’t regret a single minute of it. After reading Nicola Upson’s marvellous mindbender An Expert in Murder, I went out collecting original Josephine Teys, to refresh my memory on her effortless, masterful style. My first find was her 1950 novel, To Love and …

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Nicola Upson: An Expert in Murder

Book Reviews, Classic Mysteries / By Ellen Seltz

Warning: Nicola Upson will mess with your mind, and make you like it. This brain-bending story forces you to question reality, but not because of the mystery plot. An Expert in Murder is structured as a classic whodunnit. No, it’s Upson’s choice of character and setting that will send you into a Blair-Witch style guessing game of “did …

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