A review by horthhill
The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

4.0

"The Singing Sands" by Josephine Tey is a strange murder mystery novel. The detective is Inspector Alan Grant. He has taken sick leave as his doctor prescribes a month in the country. Grant arranges to stay in Scotland with his cousin's family. He takes the night train up from London. In the morning, as he walks down the corridor leaving the train, Grant notes that the cabin steward is trying to wake a passenger. Grant senses a problem and leans in to take a quick look. Being a homicide detective, Grant recognizes a dead body when he sees one. Grant tells the steward that his passenger is a dead passenger. He leaves the train as he suspects nothing unusual about the death. While eating breakfast at the station terminal Grant finds that he has quite accidentally purloined the dead man's newspaper: a newspaper that has a clue. Quite a good story except for the odd fanciful ending.