Sorry for the Dead

Josephine Tey is forced to revisit a death in 1915 at an agricultural school where she once worked. At the times ruled an accidental death, accusations of murder are being made in 1948. Well plotted, although a read that demands attention. Good characterization.

An article about an actress about to star in a production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour prompts Josephine to revisit the 1915 death of a student at a horticultural college for women where Josephine had been a teacher and met her first love during World War I. I think there may be hints of Miss Pym Disposes; the author "pays tribute" in this book to The Franchise Affair. Real life characters like Duncan Grant of the Bloomsbury group and Alfred Hitchcock's wife make guest appearances.

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