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Josephine Tey was one of many pseudonyms used by Elizabeth Mackintosh (July 25, 1896 – February 13, 1952) a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. She was born in Inverness, and attended a physical training college in Birmingham, before becoming a teacher. However, her literary career began only when she was forced to give up regular work in order to care for her invalid father.
In five of the mystery novels she wrote under the name of Josephine Tey, the hero is Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant (he also appears in a sixth, The Franchise Affair, but only as a minor character). The most famous of these is The Daughter of Time, in which Grant, laid up in the hospital, has friends research reference books and contemporary documents so he can puzzle out the mystery of whether King Richard III of England murdered his nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Grant comes to the firm conclusion that King Richard was totally innocent of the death of the Princes.
The Daughter of Time was the last of her books published during her lifetime. The Franchise Affair also has a historical context: although set in the 1940s, it is based on the 18th-century case of Elizabeth Canning.
A further crime novel, The Singing Sands, was found in her papers and published posthumously. After her death, proceeds from her estate, including royalties from her books, were assigned to the National Trust.
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First Book - The Man in the Queue (also known as Killer in the Crowd) (1929) as Gordon Daviot
Last Book - The Singing Sands (1952)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacKintosh
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