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amandagstevens 's review for:
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
A brilliant author’s work previously unexplored is always an exciting discovery. I'm eagerly anticipating the rest of the Inspector Alan Grant series (and Tey's standalones sound intriguing too).
As for this one. . .wow. So unexpectedly absorbing. The entire story takes place in the hospital room of a recovering Scotland Yard inspector who unravels a historical murder mystery via nothing but book research. My own "inner investigator" was thrilled from first page to last.
In addition to the savvy deductions and snappy dialogue, I love Grant himself: his inquisitive mind, his instinctive mastery of micro-expressions, his frustration with confinement, his witty and occasionally self-deprecating voice, his overall cheer as he digs into the mystery despite understandable impatience with his injuries. This is an odd book in which to meet him, yet he drew me from the beginning. I can't wait to get to know him elsewhere, learn the details of his personal life and his work.
As for this one. . .wow. So unexpectedly absorbing. The entire story takes place in the hospital room of a recovering Scotland Yard inspector who unravels a historical murder mystery via nothing but book research. My own "inner investigator" was thrilled from first page to last.
In addition to the savvy deductions and snappy dialogue, I love Grant himself: his inquisitive mind, his instinctive mastery of micro-expressions, his frustration with confinement, his witty and occasionally self-deprecating voice, his overall cheer as he digs into the mystery despite understandable impatience with his injuries. This is an odd book in which to meet him, yet he drew me from the beginning. I can't wait to get to know him elsewhere, learn the details of his personal life and his work.