
With the wit and guile that have made Inspector Grant a favorite of mystery fans, the inspector sets about discovering just how a murder occurred among so many witnesses, none of whom saw a thing. Thinking he had fainted, a spectator moved to help, but recoiled in horror from what lay before him: the man in the queue had a small silver dagger neatly plunged into his back. But one man, his head sunk down upon his chest, slowly sank to his knees and then, still more slowly, keeled over on his face.


a man in the queue is found murdered by the deadly thrust of a stiletto. Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open doors as hopeful theatergoers nudged their way forward. Order a The Man In The Queue today from WHSmith. London’s favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer-whom no one saw.Ī long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. A festive atmosphere envelops the line of people. BOOKS BY JOSEPHINE TEY Brat Farrar The Daughter of Time The Franchise Affair The Man in the Queue Miss Pym Disposes A Shilling for Candles The Singing Sands. EDUCATION Attended Prep School and then Public School with his childhood friend, Tommy Rankin, who later married Grant’s cousin Laura. Grant has at least one aunt (deceased) on his mother’s side. Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the. ⚠️ This book will unfortunately be removed from the service on the 14th of May. Read The Man in the Queue Inspector Alan Grant Mystery by Josephine Tey available from Rakuten Kobo. He is thirty five years of age in Teys first novel The Man in the Queue. Affordable digital textbook from RedShelf: The Man in the Queue by: Josephine Tey.
