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Stumbled across this 4th volume in Upson‘s series featuring Josephine Tey (!) and her posse as she plays detective in the golden years between world wars. Little catty throwaway lines on Dorothy Sayers and other writers, star studded IRL cameos, and meticulously researched crimes that inspire Tey‘s cases got me started binge reading all 10 books. Can be uneven but what kept me going was the totally #queerlitsy soap that‘s her love life throughout

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This was my first book with Josephine Tey and it is the 4th in this series. I enjoyed it, it sounds rather glamorous with the Alfred Hitchcock at a party for Josephine's 40th birthday. She is a writer and Alfred wants to make one of her books into a movie. There are some murders, Chief Inspector Penrose happens to be there as he is friends with Josephine. It also goes to the future, there is a murder there that may be connected to the old murders.

#lunchtime
Lunch break then more reading. 💜📚⛅️

#travelingbook
Waiting outside on a bench part shade, part sun. Sun was not expected today! It feels wonderful. Already walked for today. My husband‘s cataract surgery takes about 2 1/2 hours total so I am hanging out reading & plan to take another walk. 📚🚶‍♀️🌞 #bfc21

#coffeeandbooks #coffeespot #awesomespril #readathon

New coffee house opened in my town. Gorgeous inside. Bookish snd welcoming. Visited today for the first time. Won‘t be my last! So far read one hour today, 4 yesterday.

Bedtime reading.

#HeyJune #day5 #SheLovesYou There‘s a really sweet but forbidden romance in this series. Marta has made it clear to Josephine that she loves her, but not only is a relationship between two women impossible in Inverness, Scotland where Josephine lives, Marta is also the partner of Lydia, one of Josephine‘s best friends. In this book, the 4th in the series, they finally give in to their attraction.

This is Bk4 in the Josephine Tey series & is by far the best. This is not a conventional murder mystery at all, the confession is in the first chapter but you don‘t know whose it is, the murder doesn‘t happen till over halfway through the book & the identity of the killer was a huge shock, to me at least. Even though the first half has no murder, her setting of the scene is written so well, it‘s totally riveting. Highly, highly recommended.10⭐️

3am here in Sydney & I‘m freezing my arse off. It‘s 7C (44F for all you Americans)& that may be not that cold to people who live in snowy parts of the world, but to aussies, it‘s nut freezing weather. Especially when you forget to turn your heating on because you‘ve been under blankets most of the day with the flu that keeps on giving. On a better note, this book is fantastic! Pairing it with my favorite chamomile,honey&vanilla tea & a ugg boots.

I love it when crime/thrillers have maps!🗺 #moremapspleasepublishers

Starting the next Josephine Tey book by Nicola Upson tonight. I‘m still having trouble with sticking to a book, part of it is my eyes are still an issue but also I‘m in one of those ruts where it has to be the exact right book or I can‘t continue with it. I have a stack of 15 books that I‘ve read at least the first chapter before giving up on it. Hopefully this one will satisfy, I‘ve enjoyed the first 3 books in this series. #damnbookslumps

My wonderful mum went shopping at a library sale yesterday and bought these for a whopping £1.65

I haven't read any of them and they are a mix of cozy crime, spec fic and pastoral...interesting 😊

#lovelibraries #cozycrime #atwoodforever