The Singing Sands
by Josephine Tey
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Author: Josephine TeyIntroduction: Robert Barnard
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-12-16
ISBN: 0684818922
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Review: Character study with mystery vehicle
Summary: 4 Stars
pp. 176-7: "It was Grant's experience that it was the irrelevant, the unconsidered words in a statement that were most important." One more quote for my collection--but it's relevant to this book. Most of this "mystery" is a character study of Grant's overworked psyche. It approaches literature in the high quality of the writing. However, she uses a great many unknown-to-me British colloquialisms which can be a bit annoying. As usual, this is not a Christie-like challenge mystery where the reader has to match wits with the detective & figure out whodunnit. I found this book rather slow moving--Tey's works have a dearth of action. However, the mystery is quite clever as is Grant's method of unraveling it. The ending is not, however, a big surprise except for the means whereby Grant discovers the truth for certain. This is probably one of Tey's (i.e.Elizabeth MacKintosh a.k.a. Gordon Daviot) better books but not, IMHO as good as "Brat Farrar" or the wonderful "Daughter of Time."
Summary of The Singing Sands
On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant finds a dead man aboard the night train to Scotland and is drawn into the mystery of the man's death by the lines--""the singing sands, that guard the way to paradise""--that are written on the dead man's newspaper. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. NYT.20th Century Books
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