golem 's review for:

Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
5.0

The best of midcentury British crime novels. And it's so finely drawn and pitch-perfect, taking such a slow and leisurely trip through a hundred moments of terrible suspense. Be warned--this novel is nearly as classist and colonialist as Agatha Christie's work. However, it's quite a bit queerer (you can depend upon Tey for this).