The Man in the Queue | 
pickI think my favorite thing about this book was that Inspector Grant is a good detective, but not a savant. He's not a Holmes or a Poirot, he's just good at his job. This edition had a slur edited out, but it was still racist, since Grant attributes bad actions and motives to a particular cultural background. It wasn't overwhelming, but still worth mentioning. The mystery itself was entertaining and I liked the side characters.
pickInspector Grant must find out who the victim of a stabbing in a theatre queue was to have any hope of finding the murderer.
I didn't really get engrossed in this early example of a police procedural but I would be interested to read more from the author.
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
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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.
pickI‘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.
pickJosephine 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
