The killer in the crowd, or a person from the line. Shilling on candles. Tai J.

Josephine Tai (nast. Name - Elizabeth Macintosh; 1896–1952) - the famous writer, daughter of the Scotsman and Englishwoman, recognized master of the British detective. In 1929, she debuted with the book “Man from the line”, in which the inspector of Scotland-Jard Alan Grant first appeared (later the hero of her five more novels). The inspector trusts his own intuition, but not undividedly: he carefully weighs all the evidence, carefully listens to the testimony of witnesses; And even if, it would seem, everything does not speak in favor of the suspect, Alan Grant will not leave any evidence unverified. In a word, finding himself in a difficult situation, anyone would dream of such a bona fide police inspector!

The collection includes the first two novels of the cycle: “A killer in a crowd, or a man from the queue” (1929) and “Shilling on candles” (1936).