A new "golden age" detective story

[annie]

I'm a great fan of Josephine Tey, one of the golden age detective authors. She also wrote historical fiction, and combined the 2 in "Daughter of Time" in which her detective, Alan Grant, is hospitalised, and for therapy, researches the evidence on the killing of the Princes in the Tower (Colin Dexter borrowed this device for a Morse book: The Wench is Dead).
An author previously unknown to me, Nicola Upson, has written a novel called an Expert in Murder, with Josephine Tey as one of the protagonists (her real name was Elizabeth Mackintosh).
I've ordered it from the library.

[kriddle]

Consider them added to my list. There is no way I can remember all the wonderful suggestions, so I'm backtracking and writing down all the cool books and authors suggested. Hopefully I'll whittle down the list before it get to be three hundred pages!:o

[annie]

This is why I give thanks for public libraries. Recently I followed up 2 recommendations - not my cup of tea - glad I hadn't paid for them. I do buy loads of books, but libraries are great for trying out authors. Following on from LRK's blog - do you have Public Lending Right - or its equivalent - in the US? In the UK an author gets a small sum for every book that is taken out of a library.

[tangential1]

That's really cool! They definitely deserve it.

Hmm...I've never heard of that in the US, myself.