Fear in the Sunlight (37 page)
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is the author of two works of non-fiction and the recipient of an Escalator Award from the Arts Council England.
Her debut novel,
An Expert in Murder
, was the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey – one of the leading authors of Britain’s Golden Age of crime writing.
Nicola lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall.
Praise for Nicola Upson and the ‘Josephine Tey’ series:
‘If you like your crime fiction complicated‚ reliant on double-handfuls of coincidence and bursting with red herrings‚ then you’ll read with gusto.’
Herald
‘Nicola Upson’s clever and evocative debut novel . . . alternates between pastiche and the perspectives that distance permits. She’s very good on the way in which society after the 1914–1918 conflict was drenched in death . . .’
Guardian
‘Within a relatively short period‚ Nicola Upson has established herself as one of the most inventive and unusual of crime writers‚ marrying a sure storytelling grip to a non-pareil skill at evoking both period atmosphere and English locales. However‚ her real coup lies in her canny utilisation of a classic English writer‚ Josephine Tey‚ as the protagonist of her books . . . it’s easy to feel that Tey herself would be delighted with these fictitious imaginings of her life as an investigative figure.’
Amazon
‘Nicola Upson’s
Angel with Two Faces
is a truly sublime piece of literary detective fiction with an ensemble cast directed with real flair. The literary and criminal constructions are sharp‚ controlled and often surprising and the ending brings about both consolidation for the criminal plot and anticipation for the lives of the main characters Josephine and Archie . . . this installment comes highly recommended.’ juxtabook.typepad.com
‘The plot delightfully twists and turns again echoing something that Josephine Tey herself would have been proud to have written. The climax builds up to a crescendo to leave you breathless. If Upson can continue with the momentum she has gained in her first two novels‚ then we can look forward to even greater novels to come.’ Crimesquad.com
First published in
2012
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London
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ISBN
978–0–571–28204–3
