Nicola Upson

Two for Sorrow (eBook, ePUB)

A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

They were the most horrific crimes of a new century: the murders of newborn innocents for which two British women were hanged at Holloway Prison in1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious "Finchley baby farmers," unaware that her research will entangle her in the desperate hunt for a modern-day killer.

A young seamstressan ex-convict determined to reformhas been found brutally slain in the studio of Tey's friends, the Motley sisters, amid preparations for a star-studded charity gala. Despite initial appearances, Inspector Archie Penrose is not convinced this murder is the result of a long-standing domestic feudand a horrific accident involving a second young woman soon after supports his convictions. Now he and his friend Josephine must unmask a sadistic killer before more blood flowsas the repercussions of unthinkable crimes of the past reach out to destroy those left behind long after justice has been served.

Includes an excerpt from Nicola Upson's new book Fear in the Sunlight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062092540
• Artikelnr.: 38008128

Autorenporträt

Nicola Upson is the author of five previous Josephine Tey mysteries, including An Expert in Murder, and two works of nonfiction. She has worked in theater and as a freelance journalist. A recipient of an Escalator Award from the Arts Council England, she splits her time between Cambridge and Cornwall.