May, 1937. Josephine Tey is in London to oversee a BBC radio production of her play, Queen of Scots. Meanwhile, the country is preparing to crown a new king.
At the height of the Coronation celebrations, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called in to investigate the murder of one of the BBC's best-known broadcasters. A second victim - his mistress, and the play's leading actress - suggests that the motive lies close to home, but Josephine suspects that the killings are linked to a decade-old scandal.
With Archie's hands tied by politics, and his attention taken by another, seemingly unrelated death, it is left to Josephine to get to the truth - and to confront at first-hand the deadly consequences of love, deceit and betrayal.
| ISBN: | 9780571287765 |
| Publication date: | 3rd February 2022 |
| Author: | Nicola Upson |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 329 pages |
| Series: | Josephine Tey Series |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Crime and mystery: women sleuths Modern and Contemporary Fiction |