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What strikes me about Tey‘s books, and Agatha Christie‘s too, is how often the characters originally come to the conclusion that it has to be a foreigner who was responsible for the murder because no Englishman would do such a thing. The xenophobia is actually pretty remarkable.

Haven't decided how l feel about this book yet. I do have a hard time connecting with it, and still l don't really want to drop it.
I think l'll keep going, for the moment. May end up being my entry for Scotland in the #ReadingEurope2020

#24b42020 @Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid

Haven't read a lot today. Started this mystery by Tey. First time a read her and so far l'm a bit iffy. I'm not particularly fond of her style.
But let's see.

Let's see whether l can reach 10 hours.

I‘m excited to have discovered a new-to-me mystery author! I can hardly say Josephine Tey is new, as this book was published in 1929. 😋 But I had somehow never heard of her. This mystery was well plotted and Inspector Grant is a thoughtful, astute guy with a good heart. I loved the elegant writing style and high brow vocabulary the author used to paint the scene. I‘m looking forward to at some point continuing the series.

#11thHourReadathon
Didn't manage a lot yesterday night. I was so tired, l eventually had to surrender to my bed.

Tried to read a bit of Hazel&Holly, which has been a challenge. The pace is so glacial, l have to take the book a bit at a time.

I've been meaning to read Tey since l read Nicola Upson's novels, where Tey appears as a character. But not even the entriguing beginning kept me awake.

I'm in my avarege with readathons.

Josephine Tey is wonderful, I've liked quite a few of her novels/mysteries but this was just barely a pick. To be far it's her debut and she definitely gets better. I suggest starting with Brat Farrar.

Thought the date stamps from the back of the library book made a fun pic.

#centuryreadchallenge

Say, l forgot to post about my #bookmail of last this week.

I've become curious about Josephine Tey's novel after reading Nicola Upson's mysteries where Tey is a character. Can't wait to read this one.

The other belongs to my growing TBR pile of authors from the Weimar Republic that l really need to start reading.

How appropriate! I'm reading a mystery about a man who gets stabbed in a theatre queue while I'm waiting in a queue at the Toronto International Film Festival. #TIFF