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(0)Josephine Tey
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First published in 1929. A young man is stabbed in the back with a stiletto dagger while waiting in the queue for standing room at one of the final West End performances of a hit musical comedy. None of those near him in the queue noticed him until he collapsed, or appear to have any motive for killing him. The dead man carries no identification; the only item found on him is a service revolver.
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The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey is the compelling first installment in the Inspector Alan Grant series. This classic detective novel begins with the mysterious murder of a man standing in line outside a London theater. When the victim is found with a knife in his back, it falls to the astute and methodical Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard to unravel the case.
With no clear motive, no immediate suspects, and scant evidence, Grant's investigation...