Book Review: Nicola Upson’s An Expert in Murder
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.An Expert in Murderin eBook edition on May 20, 2008 and has 304 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Josephine Tey historical mystery series revolving around Josephine Tey and Detective Inspector Archie Penrose. My Take It’s an interesting treatment of history with Upson using a real-life author, Josephine Tey, and her play, Richard of Bordeaux, as the point around which the murders are laid. There’s a beautiful piece in here in which Terry examines the fame and frustration of being in a hit play. He also reminisces over what got him started — this was so sweet. Then of course there’s McCracken’s piece in the police station. Oh. My. God. She’s incredible. I’m not surprised she has such a miserable existence. The murders are themselves dramatic, so fitting for the setting. What’s odd about the story is the coldness, even though the characters have feel so real; it’s certainly interesting “listening in” on everyone’s thoughts about the play, its future, and their own parts in it. This just makes me […]