Elizabeth MacKintosh also achieved literary acclaim under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot. But it is as Josephine Tey, and for her detective novels, that she is remembered today
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskTey’s pain proved to be readers’ gain. Her debut, “The Man in the Queue”, was a critical and commercial success. It introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard, whose intuition, ingenuity and perseverance help him to crack the most fiendish cases. In one book Grant’s superior says he has “the most priceless of all attributes for his job: flair”.
Three of Tey’s books have just been reissued by Penguin: all are thick with mystery and show a great mind at work. “The Franchise Affair”, published in 1948 and adapted into a film three years later , begins with a missing teenager. When she turns up again, distressed and exhausted, she explains how she fled a mother and daughter who locked her up and tried to make a servant of her. The girl’s version of events ruins reputations. But then her story begins to unravel.
“To Love and Be Wise” revolves around another disappearance. Leslie Searle, a Hollywood photographer, vanishes from an English village that is home to many writers and artists. Grant arrives to determine whether a crime has been committed and quickly finds himself sifting alibis, collecting clues and taking stock of the residents’ jealousies, grievances and other “subterranean tremors”.
And then there is Tey’s masterpiece, “The Daughter of Time” , once voted the greatest crime novel ever written by the Crime Writers’ Association. On this occasion, Grant is out of action, recuperating from a broken leg. To relieve his boredom, he turns his attention to a very cold case, that concerning.
MacKintosh also achieved literary acclaim under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, and her first play, “Richard of Bordeaux”, launched the career of. However, it is as Tey, and for her detective novels, that she is remembered today. They endure because of their keen psychological insight into the complexity of human nature. “The Franchise Affair” presents a captivating portrait of a chilling villain. “To Love and Be Wise” probes themes of identity and gender.
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