Too tired...
...to post sensibly. Had a lovely evening at our monthly reading group - great company, good food and a fine discussion of Marc Behm's twin novels, Eye of the Beholder and Afraid to Death.
Came home to finish reading (re-reading actually, although it must be near 20 years ago) Josephine Tey's tantalising Daughter of Time. During the process of cataloguing my books a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to find that I didn't have a copy of this book - I must have read my father's originally - so I ordered one. Several of Josephine Tey's books have been re-issued recently, including this one, so luckily it was in print. I was rather to surprised to find that the new edition does not include a picture of the portrait of Richard III which is the central prop for the novel. If you are thinking of reading this, go for the older edition - or be prepared for a trip to the National Portrait Gallery.
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Thanks for reminding me to re-read Tey's Daughter of Time. It's been 25-30 years since I read it, and it's time to dig back in.
A few months ago a book blog was compiling a list of greatest women mystery writers but left off Tey. I promptly commented that Tey's D.O.T. continually shows up near the top of best mysteries ever written (by male or female). The blogger had never heard of Tey. Imagine! Respect for the blog went way down in my eyes, naturally. Thanks for mentioning Josephine Tye - I must dig out my copy of her spectacular book.
Comment by MaryB— 2006/01/16 @ 11:36 PM — (Reply)