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  • Violence finds its way to old Hollywood in the eleventh Josephine Tey mystery, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear.September 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is ragi...



  • It takes a village to bury a child...September 1st, 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside, but when a little girl vanishes without a trace, the reality of separation becomes mo...



  • A snowy Christmas gathering on an island off the Cornish coast goes murderously wrong in this festive Golden Age mystery. December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Corn...



  • At once a compelling murder mystery and a moving exploration of love and grief, critically acclaimed author Nicola Upson's eighth Josephine Tey mystery is a force to be reckoned with. In the summer of 1915, the sudden death of a young girl brings gri...



  • The First World War is over, and in a quiet Hampshire village, artist Stanley Spencer is working on the commission of a lifetime, painting an entire chapel in memory of a life lost in the war to end all wars. Combining his own traumatic experiences w...



  • Mystery author Josephine Tey once again becomes embroiled in a real-life investigation in this "terrific . . . elegant" historical British mystery set in 1930s England (San Francisco Book Review)   Called to the peaceful wooded churchyard of St-...



  • Intrepid writer and amateur sleuth Josephine Tey returns in this sixth installment of Nicola Upson's popular series -- perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Jaqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs -- that unfolds in 1930s London as Engla...






  • 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...



  • Nicola Upson blends biography and fiction, excitement and menace, and a touch of Alfred Hitchcock in Fear in the Sunlight, a mystery starring real-life writer Josephine Tey. Summer, 1936: Josephine Tey joins her friends in the resort village of Po...



  • They were the most horrific crimes of a new century: the murders of newborn innocents for which two British women were hanged at Holloway Prison in1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Amelia Sach and...



  • "As befits a tribute to the golden age of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers et. al., there are plot twists, plot turns and red herrings aplenty." -- Time Out LondonReal-life British mystery writer Josephine Tey returns as a fictional sleuth in Angel...



  • March 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her celebrated play Richard of Bordeaux. But joy turns to horror when her arrival coincides with the murder of a young woman she had befriende...


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nicola Upson has published 14 books.

The next book by Nicola Upson, The Voices of the Dead, will be published in November 2026.

The first book by Nicola Upson, An Expert in Murder, was published in June 2008.

Yes. Nicola Upson has 1 series.