Shot with Crimson

A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery.

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery. Vorwort A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca , bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery. Zusammenfassung A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery.

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.

Klappentext

A murderer stalks the set of Hitchcock's film of Rebecca, bent on revenge, in this smart, cosy mystery.

Zusammenfassung

'Always a delight.' Sunday Times

I will never understand why murder is considered such a lowbrow speciality in Hollywood.

September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca.

Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the shadows of the past, with consequences on both sides of the Atlantic, and Josephine and DCI Archie Penrose find themselves on a trail leading back to the house that inspired a young Daphne du Maurier - a trail that echoes Rebecca's timeless themes of obsession, jealousy and murder.

'An astonishingly complex mystery.' The Times
'Classy, clever, endlessly entertaining . . . one of this talented author's most impressive outings yet.' Lancashire Evening Post
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Readers love Nicola Upson*
'Oh my, what a delight to read this was. An author absolutely in command of her craft.' * reader review

'I felt like I knew the Hitchcocks personally. The talent to make that feel likely is really Upson's draw for me. She never misses a beat.' * reader review

'One of my favourite things about this author is the detail she brings to the pages and the way she can build tension and truly keep you gripped.' * reader review

'What's not to like about a story of Hollywood and murder? . . . She writes in a way that the story flows effortlessly and makes reading easy and a joy.' * reader review

Praise for the Josephine Tey series
'[A] splendid series.' The Times
'There's a wonderful golden age feel . . . containing wonderful twists and turns which single out Upson as a talented author of historical crime.' Scotland on Sunday
'If Josephine Tey were alive, she would be the first to welcome a major talent.' Daily Mail