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Two For Sorrow

Nicola Upson

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

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£8.99
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571246359
Date Published
03.02.2011
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Summary

Old sins cast long shadows…

Thirty years on from a horrific series of child murders in London, Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the crimes’ perpetrators: Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious Finchley baby farmers. Meanwhile, her friend, Inspector Archie Penrose is investigating the sadistic murder of a young seamstress, found dead amid preparations for a star-studded charity gala.

The girl’s death seems to be the result of a long-standing domestic feud, but Archie is unconvinced; and when a second young woman is involved in an horrific accident soon afterwards, the search begins for a vicious killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past where it belongs…

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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…

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