Josephine Tey 
The Daughter of Time 

The Daughter of Time  is a detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer’s investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. In 1990 it was voted number one in 
The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers‘ Association.