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Brat Farrar

Brat Farrar

Mystery
Pages
104
Published
2011
Language
English

Synopsis

When a young man named Brat Farrar is approached by a stranger claiming he is the long-lost heir to a wealthy family, he is drawn into a complex deception. Posing as the missing twin, Patrick Ashby, Brat must navigate the family's secrets and the suspicions of those who knew Patrick best. As he settles into his new life, the lines between truth and lies begin to blur, and Brat uncovers a dark secret surrounding Patrick's disappearance.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

Tense
Secret IdentityFamily SagaBetrayal

Genres

Mystery

Authors

J
Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. She began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. In 1937 she returned to crime writing with A Shilling for Candles, but it wasn't until after the Second World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Josephine Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.

R
Ralph Mowat

Ralph Mowat writes across genres, from the mystery of Brat Farrar to the adventure of We didn't mean to go to sea. He also penned The Enemy, a story for the Oxford