Reading The Man in the Queue | Alexandria
Read The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey. Queuing patiently at a theater becomes a deadly affair when a man is mysteriously stabbed - yet no one notices. Tey's brilliant twist on the "locked room" mystery shows how crowds paradoxically provide perfect cover for crime, challenging our assumption that public spaces are safer. The killer's methodical use of social conformity as camouflage remains chillingly relevant.