![]() As a consequence, his health, both physical and mental, is inclined to suffer, as he is stubborn to a fault, and he does have a breakdown in the last novel, The Singing Sands. In A Shilling for Candles he comments that he would like to be "one of those marvellous creatures of super-instinct and infallible judgement who adorned the pages of detective stories". About the Author Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952), best known as Josephine Tey, is one of the most respected and influential authors in the mystery genre and regarded by many one of the best mystery novelists ever. He is very sensitive and extremely critical of himself. Has a 'looker on' in him which debates his conclusions and needles him at some of his decisions. He is inclined to shelve some of the insights given to him by this intuition until a pattern emerges which makes sense to him. Sometimes this ‘flair’ flies in the face of all the evidence, as in The Man in the Queue. This intuition appears to be a double edged sword, however, as although he can solve crimes he is a born worrier with an over-active conscience and he will not let go of a problem until he has solved it. ![]() He is a hard working Officer but is also possessed of a rare gift of intuition which helps him to work out problems. ![]() Loves his job even though he calls it ‘a dog’s life’ but he has an attribute known as ‘flair’ which affords him a unique insight into the criminal mind. ![]()
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