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The Singing Sands (Inspector Grant Mysteries) by Josephine Tey, Stephen Thorne(Narrator), ISBN X, Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price. The Singing Sands. —. Josephine Tey. The young man with the tumbled black hair and the reckless eyebrows was dead in compartment B Seven on the night train from London. The only message he had left behind was a verse--a strange unfinished poem that haunted Inspector Grant--that spoke of talking beasts and singing sands guarding the way to. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru

The Singing Sands. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June Verified Purchase. Tey is a bit of overlooked treasure. In this endearing novel Grant recuperating in Scotland becomes interested in the death of a young man on the train and goes on to solve a mystery that involves fabled cities and derring do. Josephine Tey () was the congomen of Scotswoman Elizabeth MacKintosh. She wrote a handful of intriguing literary mystery novels featuring Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. The books are excellent and Tey is a great author of Britain's Golden Age of Crime fiction which lasted from the s though the early s. THE SINGING SANDS is Josephine Tey's last book and while it has a highly unsatisfactory ending (in my view, at least) it is still one of the more elegantly written mysteries I've ever read. On that aspect alone I would highly recommend it, even if you're not familiar with Tey's policeman protagonist, Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard.

Josephine Tey began writing full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. She died in , leaving her entire estate to the National Trust. Josephine Tey () was the congomen of Scotswoman Elizabeth MacKintosh. She wrote a handful of intriguing literary mystery novels featuring Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. The books are excellent and Tey is a great author of Britain's Golden Age of Crime fiction which lasted from the s though the early s. The Singing Sands is a manuscript that was found among Josephine Tey’s papers after she died in February , and was published later that same year. It is therefore the conclusion of her Inspector Alan Grant series, and the end of what has been a wonderful reading experience for me.