The Man in the Queue

by J. Tey

A stabbing murder in the midst of a London theatre crowd sends Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant on a far-flung investigation.

• ISBN10: 0671435248
• ISBN13: 9780671435240
• Publish Date: 2 May 1982
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 March 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Books
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

There are some interesting subtexts in this story of love, obsession and murder. A man in a queue for the final performance of a particular actress in this run of her play before she goes to the US falls over dead and no-one remembers him being murdered. Inspector Alan Grant has to uncover the clues and follow a few red herrings before discovering the truth.

It's full of details that to today's sensibilities are not too correct but it's an interesting look into the life and times and methods. It hasn't aged quite as well as some of her contemporaries and as other commentors have said the ending is a bit of a let-down, but in some ways quite realistic.