To Love and Be Wise features atmospheric illustrations by Mark Smith. Her talent is so underrated. 4.0 — 2 ratings — 0 reviews subjects: Crime & Mystery Fiction. But when the Scotland Yard Inspector arrived to pick up actress Marta Hallard for dinner, he was struck by the handsome young American photographer, Leslie Searle. Aside from being an excellent mystery, this book demonstrates what an alien world the mid-twentieth century seems today. Where Christie's mysteries are technical masterpieces, Tey's stories tend to have several deep characters above and beyond the main i. I purposefully took twice as long to read it to prolong the pleasure and I sadly closed the end cover when it was over. Josephine Tey is the pseudonym for Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896-1952). It is refreshing to read a mystery that is as witty and well crafted as this. To say any more would just give the whole game away. How is she not more famous? [I do wonder why mystery writers are so fascinated by people who assume another gender purely for the purpose of committing a crime. In the process, the author gives a strong sense of rural England, literary life, and various other subtopics, while maintaining the suspense of the central story. Ginny still thinks about him sometimes – she doesn't really know why. Average Customer Ratings. PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER. To Love and Be Wise 3.5 stars. To Love and Be Wise. All our eBooks are FREE to download! Tey's writing is wonderful too, and her plots alwa. This is one of the slightly odder plots among Tey's mysteries—but, oh, how I do like Inspector Grant. No blood, violence, profanity, forensic or pathological detail, no maverick cop with marital/alcohol/drug problem and no serial killer in sight. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant Book 4). To Love and Be Wise (eBook) : Tey, Josephine : Simon and SchusterA witty and sophisticated mystery featuring bestselling author Josephine Tey&;s popular Inspector Alan Grant, a beloved character created by a woman considered to be one of the greatest mystery writers of all time.Literary sherry parties were not Alan Grant's cup of tea. "To Love and Be Wise" poses an ingenious puzzle in the context of a literary hamlet, full of interesting and/or outrageous and/or really difficult personalities. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Grant finds himself without a body and without a case, and then it hits him in this gentle and elegantly written detective from 1950. If you enjoy Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh or Dorothy Sayers, you'll also enjoy this classic writer of mysteries. To Love and Be Wise. She was hard to pin down, but in her best work she soared and if you read To Love and Be Wise carefully you will find several of those instances. 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