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Josephine Tey

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Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey - has books at our site 

To Love and Be Wise
Miss Pym Disposes
The Franchise Affair
The Man in the Queue
Shilling for Candles
The Singing Sands
The Daughter of Time

In 1990, The Daughter of Time was selected by the British Crime Writers' Association as the greatest mystery novel of all time; The Franchise Affair was 11th on the same list of 100 books.In 1990, The Daughter of Time was selected by the British Crime Writers' Association as the greatest mystery novel of all time; The Franchise Affair was 11th on the same list of 100 books.

"But of equal importance is Tey’s role as a bridge between the classic detective stories of the golden age and contemporary crime fiction. She left the genre in a different place from where she found it and she cracked open a series of doors for others to walk through." Val McDermid

More About Josephine Tey

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”

W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You

W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

Roald Dahl, Matilda

Roald Dahl, Matilda

“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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