| A Shilling for Candles Contributor(s): Tey, Josephine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684842386 ISBN-13: 9780684842387 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.39" W x 7.9" (0.46 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful film actress is found lying dead on the beach one bright summer's morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive--just like murder... |
Contributor Bio(s): Tey, Josephine: - Josephine Tey began writing full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. She died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.Tey, Josephine: - Josephine Tey began writing full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. She died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust. |