Josephine Tey wrote classic #CrimeFiction. Now she leads a fictional afterlife as the lead character in @nicolaupson.bsky.social’s @thecwa.bsky.social Dagger-shortlisted series of crime novels, starting with AN EXPERT IN MURDER, from @faberbooks.bsky.social 💙📚 7/7 www.faber.co.uk/journal/jose...

Josephine Tey: Crime Writer and Imagined Detective

During her life in the first half of the twentieth century, Josephine Tey was a writer of classic crime fiction. In an after life she is the lead character in Nicola Upson’s crime novels, now a series...

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'My birthday is July 25, and as far as I can remember there was no mention of my blazing genius.' Happy birthday #JosephineTey. 130 today, and still blazing.

'Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey mysteries are a class above the usual crime fiction.' Independent @nicolaupson.bsky.social is back this November with The Voices of the Dead, a new Josephine Tey Mystery set in the summer of 1941 🔍 linktr.ee/thevoicesoft...

What Betsey calls 'helping with the proofs'.

Lovely review - thank you.

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'The Christmas Clue' by @nicolaupson.bsky.social , a whodunit inspired by the inventors of boardgame, #Cluedo. #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-clue

Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game – and instead discover a real murder. Perfect for 'betwixtmas' reading, The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social is out now in hardback and ebook 🎁

Reading 2025 No. 41: Some perfect Christmas reading from @nicolaupson.bsky.social. The inventors of Cluedo turn up to a snowy village hotel prepared to run a murder mystery game, only to find a real murder has taken place... Loved it. #bookstagram #crimefiction #Christ

This has been such a happy book for me. Thank you to all @david-higham-books.bsky.social & @faberbooks.bsky.social, and to everyone who's bought, sold, borrowed, loaned and loved it. Most of all, thank you to Anthony and Elva, who created #Cluedo. They will be back! Until then, merry Christmas x

#BookReview - The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson This murder mystery novella, featuring the real life inventors of Cluedo, will appeal to all fans of classic crime. @nicolaupson.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social #TheChristmasClue shortbookandscribes.uk/reviews/shor...

Thoroughly enjoyed THE CHRISTMAS CLUE by @nicolaupson.bsky.social : the unsung inventors of #Cluedo solve a wartime mystery - at 180 pages a 'proper-sized' book and a good holiday read. Comes with a traditional map by Joe McLaren.

‘Why on earth would you come away to a hotel at Christmas if you didn’t want to be disturbed?’ The guests at the Tudor Close Hotel are in for a holiday that they'll never forget in @nicolaupson.bsky.social's seasonal murder mystery, The Christmas Clue. Out now in hardback 🎄

Good luck!

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They planned a party game – not a murder... 🔎 We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪 Enter now: buff.ly/UQtU0dZ

Today's book. The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social

Looking forward to "The Christmas Clue” from @nicolaupson.bsky.social - her Josephine Tey series is just superb 😊 This is the second signed book of hers I’ve picked up, happy to see matching signatures - always a bit suspicious that signed copies could have been done by, well, anyone! 🤷😂

❄️ 'The perfect stocking filler book – short but sweet.' ❄️ 'A charming whodunnit to get you into the festive mood.' ❄️ 'Nostalgic and thoroughly entertaining.' Waterstones bookseller reviews for The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social, Thriller of the Month this November.

'A perfect winter afternoon read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review Read The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social for only 99p today on Kindle 👀 www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Cl...

We're thrilled our final guest of 2025 will be @nicolaupson.bsky.social. Nicola will be talking about 'The Christmas Clue', 10th December (7pm). It's free to attend at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) or via the online stream. We'll bring the mince pies!🎄 Please reserve via the links below.

A festive window painting for The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social at Chapter 34 in Shoreham-by-Sea. Art by Danielle Brooks 🎨

We're so pleased to see @nicolaupson.bsky.social's seasonal crime story The Christmas Clue at #6 in The Times Hardback Fiction chart on Saturday 🎉

Christmas come early! Thank you to everyone who's bought and loved #TheChristmasClue. This is amazing.

Chapter 34 will be hosting a festive evening with @nicolaupson.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of The Christmas Clue, Thursday 20 November. chapter34.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-nicola-upson-the-christmas-clue/

An Evening with Nicola Upson – The Christmas Clue – Chapter 34

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'A perfect Christmas crime story – atmospheric and chilling.' Elly Griffiths A party game goes horribly wrong in The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social, the @waterstones.bsky.social Thriller Book of the Month for November 🎄 www.waterstones.com/book/the-chr...

The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social is the @waterstones.bsky.social Thriller of the Month for November! 🎄🎄🎄

So excited that #TheChristmasClue is @waterstones.bsky.social Thriller of the Month for November. Hope you love it.

In games, there's only one victim – but this is real life. Can the Pratts puzzle out this Christmas mystery before it's too late? A Christmas murder mystery featuring the real-life couple who invented Cluedo, The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social is out now in hardback ❄️

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Clueless at Christmas - with crime authors Nicola Upson and Mandy Morton — Library.Live

Double the fun! Two favourite crime authors introduce their latest Christmas titles. Tickets £3, please book in the library or contact March.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk This event is kindly su...

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Mandy Morton@mandymorton.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We’ll be talking Ghosts, Murder and Cluedo at March Library on Friday at 2pm @nicolaupson.bsky.social @duckworthbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

Signing books with @nicolaupson.bsky.social @burylitfest.bsky.social a brilliant festival. @duckworthbooks.bsky.social

Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social for this festive surprise! #TheChristmasClue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social is out now, and it stars the real-life couple who invented Cluedo. I adore Nicola's books, so I cannot wait to devour this little stand-alone tale! 💙📚

Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery game – and instead discover a real murder. Can they puzzle out this Christmas mystery before it's too late? The Christmas Clue by @nicolaupson.bsky.social is out now in hardback ✨