There are different types of sand; singing sand, roaring sand, and whistling sand, and while these beaches are rare, there are others around the world. This is the one Tey I’ve not read and have no interest in reading, but I can’t deny the quality of her prose. For all her faults as a plotter and unraveller, she had an astonishing gift for description. Now if only she could have matched it with an infernally ingenious crime writer’s mind…! A Shilling For Candles: broadcast in 1954, 1963 and 1969, adapted by Rex Rienits; in 1998, adapted by John Fletcher Claverhouse (1937) [as Gordon Daviot] (a life of the 17th-century cavalry leader John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee)

In five of the mystery novels, all of which except the first she wrote under the name of Tey, the hero is Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant. (Grant appears in a sixth, The Franchise Affair, as a minor character.) The best known of these is The Daughter of Time, in which Grant, laid up in hospital, has friends research reference books and contemporary documents so that 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.Located on the eastern coast of Prince Edward Island, Singing Sands Beach is part of the larger Basin Head Provincial Park, just east of Souris. There’s a convenient parking lot and boardwalk leading to two beautiful sandy beaches divided by a water channel flowing from an inland pond. At times, the water can be fast-moving so children should be supervised. The Franchise Affair (1948) [Inspector Grant appears briefly at the beginning, mentioned a few times] ( filmed in 1950 starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray) He had a moment of stinging impatience with her. She was too complacent. She was far too happy… It would do her good to have some demons to fight…’ Miss Pym Disposes: broadcast in 1952, adapted by Jonquil Antony; and 1987, adapted by Elizabeth Proud The Franchise Affair: televised in 1958 (Robert Hall), serials 1962 (Constance Cox) and 1988 (James Andrew Hall)

He may not play a big role in the story, but Gallacher is someone you can easily visualise and imagine, due to Tey’s abilities to create characters. Does sand sing? It does at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve! "Singing" or "booming" sands are caused by avalanches moving down the face of sand dunes. An audible vibration can develop when sufficient amounts of sand avalanche and compress the air within the moving sand.Tey appears as a main character in a series of novels by Nicola Upson called the "Josephine Tey Mysteries". [9] An Expert in Murder (2008), the first in the series, is a detective story woven around the original production of Richard of Bordeaux.

All as Josephine Tey. These novels are set in the same fictional 20th-century Britain as the Inspector Grant novels. However, Tey’s one-sided dogmatism on the topics of Scottish nationalism and classism is a little grating and mars the book in my opinion. How long does it take to get there by foot from the pier? I've got an hour and a half on the island, what's in range by foot and by bike? Would I have time to get there by kayak, assuming they can be hired four near the pier?Tey gives us quite an in depth picture of the emotional toil Inspector Grant’s condition has on him. For instance soon after seeing the dead man, Inspector Grant seeks a ‘temporary death,’ seeing such a thing as an escape from his troubles. Moreover, his discomfort leads to him thinking about hell:

I wasn’t aware of those details surrounding the publication of the book so thanks for sharing! It definitely does shed a different light on the state of the book and why there is quite a focus on Inspector Grant recovering from his not easily visible illness. I like this one too, with some reservations. I can remember a lot of scenes and moments and characters, but can’t really remember much about the causes of the crime! I don’t think I’d thought much about what was wrong with Grant, so I found your analysis interesting and helpful. Ideal subject for the meme – I always saw trips-to-Scotland through the veil of this book in fact, from the sleeper train and early morning hotels onwards. I don’t suppose it’s really like that anymore. How to get there: From Port Ellen drive west to the Oa Peninsula. There is a car park located 50 yards before the Carraig Fhada Lighthouse, and from there it’s a five-minute walk to the beach. Where to find the Singing Sands Author Dana Stabenow's homage to Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time — How My Mother and Josephine Tey Led Me into a Life of CrimeThe Franchise Affair also has an historical context: although set in the 1940s, it is based on the 18th-century case of Elizabeth Canning. The Daughter of Time was the last of Tey's books published during her lifetime. Her last work, a further crime novel, The Singing Sands, was found in her papers and published posthumously.