Miss Lucy Pym, a popular English psychologist, is guest lecturer at a physical training college. The year's term is nearly over, and Miss Pym -- inquisitive and observant -- detects a furtiveness in the behavior of one student during a final exam. She prevents the girl from cheating by destroying her crib notes. But Miss Pym's cover-up of one crime precipitates another -- a fatal "accident" that only her psychological theories can prove was really murder.
Josephine Tey is considered one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. She died in 1952.
The New Yorker Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field.
The Saturday Review Elegantly written, leisurely, amusing, penetrating with a thumping terminal surprise!
