- Hardcover: 221 pages
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis (June 1982)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0824050002
- ISBN-13: 978-0824050009
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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“Josephine Tey has always been absoluteely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings.”
—Spectator
"Really first class... a continual delight."
— Times Literary Supplement
"Beautifully written and insistently readable."
— New York Times
From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
—Spectator
"Really first class... a continual delight."
— Times Literary Supplement
"Beautifully written and insistently readable."
— New York Times
From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Book Description
On his train journey back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure -- but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin’s death…
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From the Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK of a March morning, and still dark. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It may take some time to appreciate,
This review is from: The Singing Sands (Paperback)
The concept behind Tey's *The Singing Sands* immediately drew me in. A bit of poetry written on a newspaper leads the inspector to solve a crime that only he believes is indeed actually a crime. Yes, very interesting. However, once I started reading I found the pacing a little slow. Grant was far more introspective, more concerned with his own fears, than most mystery protagonists. Which was not, by any means, a bad thing. I just had to adjust my mindset a bit. Once I realized that this was not to be a typical solve it and feel good mystery, I found myself sinking in, slowly. Admittedly, it took me a couple of days after finishing the novel to appreciate it, to find it a satisfying read. But one thing has definitely come from reading *The Singing Sands*--I'm now looking forward to reading more Josephine Tey novels.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mind travels in the Scottish isles,
By Penny Wheeler (Araluen, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Singing Sands (Paperback)
Because I have always adored The Daughter of Time, I recently spent a weekend with The Singing Sands, The Franchise Affair, and The Man in the Queue. Singing Sands I found compelling and satisfying in an old-fashioned way -- we get a deep, poetic examination of the hero's psychological journey and his Scottish surroundings. Fine irony and good jokes at the reader's expense made me enjoy this book even more.DO read this Josephine Tey -- but, if you are wise, do not expect a similar treat from her first mystery, The Man in the Queue: the world of that book is too far away from ours.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific atmosphere,
By Stefanie N (Schuyler, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Singing Sands (Paperback)
I think it was Robert Barnard that pointed out Tey's avoidance of the "play fair" whodunnit--the type where a reader could deduce the solution from clues given a la Agatha Christie. That is certainly true here. Information is given to Inspector Grant by characters who are introduced quite late in the book. While these nuggets propel the narrative and lead to a satisfying conclusion, this is not the sort of mystery one could solve with the clues given.One reservation I have about her writing is her use of extended interior dialogues for Grant. They feel contrived and stilted. Otherwise I found the book compelling, especially due to the vivid atmosphere created. After reading it I have become quite interested in the Hebrides !
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