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by Josephine Tey (Author) "IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK of a March morning, and still dark ..." (more)
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On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant finds a dead man aboard the night train to Scotland and is drawn into the mystery of the man's death by the lines--""the singing sands, that guard the way to paradise""--that are written on the dead man's newspaper. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. NYT. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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“Josephine Tey has always been absoluteely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings.” --Spectator --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It may take some time to appreciate, April 10 2002
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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mind travels in the Scottish isles, Nov 14 2001
By Penny Marr "marrfamily" (ORANGE, 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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific atmosphere, Aug 3 2000
By Stefanie N (Schuyler, VA) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely book, wonderful characters
I read this first a very long time, and like other Tey fans, I am sorry to know that she wrote so few books. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Memorable read
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This (posthumously published) novel shows Tey at her best. Inspector Alan Grant, on his way by train to Scotland for a long-overdue spell of R&R, is on hand when a young... Read more
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