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The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series.

London is abuzz as the beautiful Ray Marcable’s final shows at the West End approach. Before she jets off to perform in America everyone in the city is clamoring to see her once more. The lines wrap around the street and crowds are tightly knit together. One fateful night, just as he is nearing the box office, a man drops to the ground—dead. Although a knife protrudes from his back and there were countless potential witnesses, no one knows the poor man and no one saw who did the deadly deed. It is up to Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard to solve this case.

Diagnosed with ‘overwork’ and in the grip of debilitating claustrophobia, Inspector Alan Grant takes leave from Scotland Yard and heads for the peaceful home of his cousin Laura, who lives with her family in the Scottish Highlands. As the London mail draws into Inverness, he sees the surly sleeping-car attendant trying to rouse an unresponsive young man. He is compelled, firstly, to point out that the passenger is dead, and secondly to pick up the newspaper that has slipped onto the compartment floor.

The incomparable Inspector Alan Grant returns in the latest addition to our enormously popular Josephine Tey series. As well as all the usual delights of Tey’s writing and the Inspector himself, To Love and Be Wise also features one of the most cunning and surprising twists of any of Tey’s novels – making it an absolute must-listen for any Golden Age crime aficionado.

Bestselling author Lucy Pym is initially thrilled to be invited to lecture at Leys Physical Training College. The girls are eager to learn about psychology, her pet subject, and she finds herself inspired by their discipline, humour and determination. However, a tragic accident in the gymnasium reveals a darker side to the school, and unexpectedly Miss Pym finds she must draw on her psychological expertise to trace who, of all these wholesome girls, has violence on the mind.

Ein Ermittlungserfolg mit 400 Jahren Verspätung Inspector Alan Grant von Scotland Yard muss mit einem gebrochenen Bein das Bett hüten – und fühlt sich wie im Gefängnis. Erbärmlicher noch, denn im Krankenhaus ist Haftverkürzung selbst bei guter Führung ausgeschlossen. Beinahe so demütigend wie die Erinnerung an seinen lächerlichen Sturz ist der schroffe Ton der Krankenschwestern. Am schlechtesten aber erträgt Grant die Langeweile. Eine Freundin rät ihm, sich an einem der vielen ungelösten Rätsel der Kriminalgeschichte zu versuchen, und versorgt ihn mit Porträts berühmter Verbrecher.

Marion Sharpe and her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law. Quiet and ordinary, they have led a peaceful and unremarkable life at their country home, The Franchise. Unremarkable that is, until the police turn up with a demure young woman on their doorstep.Not only does Betty Kane accuse them of kidnap and abuse, she can back up her claim with a detailed description of the attic room in which she was kept, right down to the crack in its round window.

Ob Inspektor Grant von Scotland Yard diesen Fall lösen wird? Als Schauspielstar Christine Clay tot an den Klippen des Städtchens Westover gefunden wird, glaubt man zunächst an Selbstmord oder Badeunfall. Doch der Mantelknopf, der sich in ihrem Haar verfangen hat, weist auf etwas ganz anderes hin. Mordverdächtige gibt es plötzlich wie Sand am Meer, allen voran der mittellose Tisdall, dem sie kurz vorher noch ein stattliches Erbe zugedacht hatte.

Dramatisations and readings of five of Josephine Tey's classic mystery novels. Scottish novelist and playwright Josephine Tey was one of the greatest Golden Age crime writers and the author of eight mysteries, including six featuring Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant. The most famous of these, The Daughter of Time, was acclaimed the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association. A full-cast dramatisation of this iconic story is included here, along with adaptations of four of her other much-loved mystery novels.

Als Schauspielstar Christine Clay tot an den Klippen des Städtchens Westover gefunden wird, glaubt man zunächst an Selbstmord oder Badeunfall. Doch der Mantelknopf, der sich in ihrem Haar verfangen hat, weist auf etwas ganz anderes hin. Mordverdächtige gibt es plötzlich wie Sand am Meer, allen voran der mittellose Tisdall, dem sie kurz vorher noch ein stattliches Erbe zugedacht hatte.