''Brilliant.'' The Times ''One of Upson''s most evocative novels.'' Guardian September 1939: The worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock''s Rebecca. Little does Josephine realise that the man she has befriended in Hollywood is the perpetrator of a shocking act of violence and is being sought back in Britain by DCI Archie Penrose. Together, they find themselves on a trail that echoes Rebecca ''s timeless themes of obsession, resentment and murder. WHAT READERS THINK: ''Brilliant as ever . . . Thrilling.'' 5 review ''Fascinating and compelling . . . Loved it.'' 5 review ''What a story!'' 5 review ''Wonderful.'' 5 review ''I absolutely loved this . . . a thrilling and glamorous read.'' 5* review

Autorentext

Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. Her debut, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels to feature Josephine Tey - one of Britain's finest Golden Age crime writers - and was dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Several of Nicola's novels have been listed for the CWA Gold and Historical Daggers, and Sorry for the Dead was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. She is a member of the Detection Club, and in 2024 curated the acclaimed exhibition Murder by the Book: a celebration of twentieth century British crime fiction at Cambridge University Library.

She is also the author of Stanley and Elsie, a novel about the painter Stanley Spencer, and lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall.

Zusammenfassung
The latest in Nicola Upson's wildly successful historical cosy crime series starring the novelist Josephine Tey. A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge.