by Gladys Mitchell (Author)
This is a vintage murder mystery. Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. When psychoanalyst and detective Mrs Bradley's grandson finds an old diary in her rented cottage it attracts the interest of this most unconventional of detectives, for the book's owner - now deceased - was once suspected of the murders of both her aunt and cousin. Does the missing diary finally reveal what happened to old aunt Flora? Is the case of Bella Foxley really closed? And what happened to the boys from the local reformatory who went missing at the same time? As events unfold, Mrs. Bradley faces one of her most difficult cases to date, one that will keep readers guessing until the very end...Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid...If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you'll love Mrs Bradley.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 0099526220
ISBN 13: 9780099526223
Book Overview: READ ALL AGATHA CHRISTIE? TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Vanished children...haunted mansions...a classic murder mystery from one of the queens of Golden Age crime fiction