Andrew Taylor

A choice of classic crime fiction

Andrew Taylor revisits Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Josephine Tey and Patricia Highsmith among other favourite authors

Josephine Tey. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 20 June 2020
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