The singing sands
On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland, however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about "the stones that walk" and "the singing s...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
1981.
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| Series: | Inspector Alan Grant mystery ;
6. |
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| Summary: | On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland, however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about "the stones that walk" and "the singing sands," which send him off on a fascinating search into the verse's meaning and the identity of the deceased. Despite his doctor's orders, Grant needs just this sort of casual inquiry to quiet his jangling nerves. |
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| Physical Description: | 223 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780684818924 |
| Author Notes: | She wrote one novel under the name Gordon Daviot, and seven, as Tey, featuring Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. She also used the name Daviot when writing plays, including Richard of Bordeaux, which was directed by and starred John Gielgud. She died on February 13, 1952, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Daughter of Time. (Bowker Author Biography) |
