Book description
Inspector Archie Penrose invites Josephine Tey down to his family
home in Cornwall so she can recover from the traumatic events depicted
in An Expert in Murder. Josephine welcomes the opportunity, especially
since Archie's home is near the famous Minack open-air theatre perched
on the cliffs overlooking the sea. However, Josephine's hopes of
experiencing a period of rest are dashed when her arrival coincides
with the funeral of a young man from the village who had drowned when
his horse inexplicitly leapt into the nearby lake. When another young
man disappears and the village's curate falls from the cliffs of the
Minack Theatre onto the rocks below, Josphine and Archie begin to
suspect the involvement a cold-blooded murderer. As Josephine and
Archie try to unravel the mystery, they begin to see death as an angel
with two faces - one gazing at the violence in the present, the other
looking back to the crimes hidden in the past.
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing
College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance
journalist, and is the author of two works of non-fiction and the
recipient of an Escalator Award from Arts Council England. She lives
with her partner, and shares her time between Cambridge and Cornwall.
