Author:Josephine Tey
A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself.
It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that threaten to jeopardise the imposter's plan and his very life...
Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent story-telling . . . credible and convincing
—— SpectatorJosephine Tey enjoys a category to herself, as a virtuoso in the spurious ... the nature of the deception on this occasion is too good to give away
—— New StatesmanReally first class . . . a continual delight
—— Times Literary SupplementIngenious, stimulating and very enjoyable
—— Sunday TimesDazzling
—— The Denver PostSparkling
—— The Plain DealerImpassioned, at times heartbreaking story … confirms Harvey as one of our most accomplished writers in any genre
—— Sunday TelegraphThis series places Indridason at the centre of the best of contemporary crime fiction. He is a master storyteller, and has a real gift for evoking the complex humanity at the heart of the most dour-seeming individuals.
—— The GuardianMost people will find The Daughter Of Time as interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays
—— ObserverA detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable
—— Sunday TimesJosephine Tey has always been absolutely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings
—— Spectator