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'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

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Nicola Upson's debut novel, An Expert in Murder, was the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey, who - along with Agatha Christie - was one of the masters of Britain's Golden Age of crime writing. She was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2018 for Nine Lessons and longlisted in 2021 for The Dead of Winter. Dear Little Corpses was a Waterstone's Crime Book of the Month.

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