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The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
4.0

This is a historical mystery more than a crime story. Tey sets herself the task, Oulipo-style, of the narrator never leaving his hospital bed. The fable of the supposed wickedness of Richard III makes some questionable points about facial determinism but is very enjoyable nevertheless and applies the crime solving deduction glasses to one of English history's most compelling tales.