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The death of Lucy Kyte : a Josephine Tey mystery / Nicola Upson.

Upson, Nicola. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062195456 (paperback) :
  • Physical Description: 346 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Bourbon Street Books, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London : Faber & Faber, 2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Tey, Josephine, 1896 or 1897-1952 > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Women dramatists > Scotland > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch FIC Upson 31681002481604 FICTION Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    When she inherits the Red Barn Cottage from her godmother, Josephine Tey is intrigued by an infamous death committed on the cottage's grounds a century before, which still haunts the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants.
  • Baker & Taylor
    When she inherits the Red Barn Cottage from her estranged godmother, Josephine Tey is intrigued by an infamous death committed on the cottage's grounds a century before, which still haunts the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants. Original. 20,000 first printing.
  • HARPERCOLL

    In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpected inheritance plunges beloved British mystery author Josephine Tey into a disturbing puzzle of dark secrets eerily connecting the present and the past.

    When Josephine Tey unexpectedly inherits Red Barn Cottage from her estranged godmother, the will stipulates that she must personally claim the house in the Suffolk countryside. But Josephine is not the only benefactor'a woman named Lucy Kyte is also in Hester's will.

    Sorting through the artifacts of her godmother's life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous death committed on the cottage's grounds a century before. Yet this old crime'dubbed the Red Barn murder'still seems to haunt the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants. Is it just superstition, or is there a very real threat that is frightening the locals? Could the truth be related to the mysterious Lucy Kyte, who no one in the village admits to knowing?

    With a palpable sense of evil thickening around her, Josephine must untangle historic tragedy from present danger and prevent a deadly cycle from beginning once more.

  • HARPERCOLL

    In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpected inheritance plunges beloved British mystery author Josephine Tey into a disturbing puzzle of dark secrets eerily connecting the present and the past.

    When Josephine Tey unexpectedly inherits Red Barn Cottage from her estranged godmother, the will stipulates that she must personally claim the house in the Suffolk countryside. But Josephine is not the only benefactor—a woman named Lucy Kyte is also in Hester’s will.

    Sorting through the artifacts of her godmother’s life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous death committed on the cottage’s grounds a century before. Yet this old crime—dubbed the Red Barn murder—still seems to haunt the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants. Is it just superstition, or is there a very real threat that is frightening the locals? Could the truth be related to the mysterious Lucy Kyte, who no one in the village admits to knowing?

    With a palpable sense of evil thickening around her, Josephine must untangle historic tragedy from present danger and prevent a deadly cycle from beginning once more.


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