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Josephine Tey's Golden Age

WW2 made this Scottish writer want to write mysteries again.

WW2 made this Scottish writer want to write mysteries again.

This is the fourth episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part Shedunnit series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

Thanks to my guest, Jennifer Morag Henderson. You can find out more about her biography of Josephine Tey at jennifermoraghenderson.com.

Books mentioned:
— The Man in the Queue by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey
— A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
— The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
— Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey
— Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
— Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
— To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey
— The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

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Shedunnit is written and narrated by Caroline Crampton and edited by Euan MacAleece.

Release date:

5 months left to listen

25 minutes