One of the most original things about it is its setting. While possessing all the best qualities of the Golden-age mystery, it also manages to be completely original. One in which he doesn’t-and one which happens to be a personal favorite of mine-is Miss Pym Disposes. Grant’s an intelligent-enough sleuth, but he lacks the flamboyance and eccentricity of Wimsey and Poirot.īesides, Grant doesn’t even appear in all of Tey’s mysteries. The closest thing she came to creating a master detective like Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot was Inspector Alan Grant. Perhaps it’s because she never subscribed completely to the standard detective novel formula. Perhaps it’s that Tey (born Elizabeth Mackintosh) didn’t live till a ripe old age like Christie or Sayers. If you’ve never heard of Josephine Tey, you’re not alone.Īmong Golden-age mystery authors, Tey never achieved the popularity of her contemporaries Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. A Wholesome and Athletic Exercise in Murder
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