First published in 1949 and set in rural England, it is a mystery without the standard corpse on the hearthrug and polite police inspector. Years ago, Margaret Turner, in her eighties and legally blind, passed on to me a tattered anthology of mystery novels by Josephine Tey. A novel that has remained on my personal “Top Ten” list for over twenty years came from just that source. So many wonderful books would be hidden from our knowledge without the enthusiastic recommendation of a dear friend or relative. The criterion for a memorable book is the hope of rereading it some day and a passion to share the book with someone else.” Glady Hunt, Honey for a Woman’s Heart “If a book leaves you exactly where it found you, thinking and feeling nothing you hadn’t felt or thought before, you are no different for having read it.
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