by Josephine Tey · Editions du Masque · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702431009
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«Jeune et innocent» is the mystery novel by Josephine Tey, published by Editions du Masque in paperback (285 pages, in French).
When the body of an actress appears on a secluded beach on the south coast of England, Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard takes charge of the investigation. False clues and enigmas multiply, and Grant must find out who could have wanted movie star Christine Clay dead.
Second installment in the Inspector Alan Grant series. The work was originally published in English in 1936 as «A Shilling for Candles».
A work for lovers of the classic British Golden Age detective puzzle.
Elizabeth MacKintosh, known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. She is known for her Inspector Alan Grant series, which started with The Man in the Queue (1929). Her 1951 novel The Daughter of Time, from the same series, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run.
