Mystery and Crime Tey, Josephine: To Love and Be Wise, v.1, 21 July 2008.

[Patricia]

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
To love and Be Wise (1950)

An American goes missing in a country village inhabited by artistic types. Inspector Grant investigates…

Spoiler:

This has plot devices similar to those used subsequently in Ruth Rendell’s first novel, ‘From Doon with Death,’ [1964] and, to a lesser extent, in her later novel ‘A Sleeping Life’.

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[AlexBell]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Josephine Tey [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896–1952)
To love and Be Wise (1950)

An American goes missing in a country village inhabited by artistic types. Inspector Grant investigates…

Spoiler:

This has plot devices similar to those used subsequently in Ruth Rendell’s first novel, ‘From Doon with Death,’ [1964] and, to a lesser extent, in her later novel ‘A Sleeping Life’.

Many thanks, Patricia. This will keep me going until the Daughter of Time

Regards, Alex

[Patricia]

My pleasure, AlexBell.
The books are from PG Australia. Several new Teys appeared last month (which I have converted). So I'm hoping that The Daughter of Time will eventually also appear.