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Nicola Upson
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Nicola Upson

Nicola Upson’s debut novel, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey, who – along with Agatha Christie – was one of the masters of Britain’s Golden Age of crime writing. She was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2018 for Nine Lessons and longlisted in 2021 for The Dead of Winter.

Books by Nicola Upson
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The latest in Nicola Upson’s wildly successful historical cosy crime series starring the novelist Josephine Tey. A murderer stalks the set…

Shot with Crimson
Nicola Upson
£9.99
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A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock’s film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery.

Shot with Crimson (Hardback)
Nicola Upson
£16.99£14.99
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The superlative Golden Age detective returns in a haunting mystery set at the dawn of the Second World War

Dear Little Corpses
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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The superlative Golden Age detective returns in a haunting mystery set at the dawn of the Second World War.

Dear Little Corpses (Hardback)
Nicola Upson
£14.99£12.99
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A snowy Christmas gathering on an island off the Cornish coast goes murderously wrong in this festive Golden Age mystery.

The Dead of Winter
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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The fourth in Nicola Upson’s delightful and atmospheric period crime series featuring Josephine Tey.

Fear in the Sunlight
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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‘Who is Lucy Kyte?’Macdonald shrugged. ‘Your guess is as good as mine. Lucy Kyte is a mystery.’

The Death of Lucy Kyte
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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From a great new talent in British crime writing, this is the first in an engrossing new series that cleverly blends…

An Expert in Murder
Nicola Upson
£9.99£8.99
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A compelling murder mystery in which events shift between a world on the brink of a devastating world war and the…

Sorry for the Dead
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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In the years before the Great War, M.R. James told ghost stories by candlelight to a handful of friends and scholars.…

Nine Lessons
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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May, 1937. Josephine Tey is in London to oversee a BBC radio production of her play, Queen of Scots. Meanwhile, the country…

London Rain
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson is the third in the gripping new golden age detective series featuring Josephine Tey.

Two For Sorrow
Nicola Upson
£8.99
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Angel with Two Faces by Nicola Upson is the second in the enthralling historical crime series featuring Golden Age crime writer…

Angel with Two Faces
Nicola Upson
£8.99
Author Videos
Hitchcock's Young and Innocent and Nicola Upson
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Hitchcock's Young and Innocent and Nicola Upson
Hitchcock's Young and Innocent and Nicola Upson
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Praise for Nicola Upson

‘The novels can be read in any order; the important thing is to read them all.’

The Times
Praise for Nicola Upson

‘Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey mysteries are a class above the usual crime fiction. They shimmer with a love for their prewar setting and the artistic circles Tey, a real-life detective novelist, frequented. ’

Independent
Praise for Nicola Upson

‘Nicola Upson's novels featuring the Golden Age crime writer Josephine Tey are always a delight.’

Sunday Times
From the Journal
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Josephine Tey: Crime Writer and Imagined Detective

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What We’re Reading This Christmas, 2021, part I

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Faber’s Christmas Gift Guide 2020

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Nicola Upson remembers author P. D. James

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