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Book SynopsisA VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell one of the ''Big Three'' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.
A friend staying with distinguished psychoanalyst and sometime detective Mrs Bradley is alarmed by a chance meeting with a pale young man who claims his uncle is being poisoned - is there a detective who could help discover the culprit? Mrs Bradley is soon on the case, but upon investigation it seems the uncle is in the best of health. But then the old man does indeed die suddenly, followed by his nephew, and Mrs Bradley finds herself in the murderer''s firing line.
Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you'll love Mrs Bradley.
Trade ReviewAmong the most revered names in British mystery fiction * Washington Post *
One of the "Big Three" female mystery novelists, judged the equal of Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie, but that's not quite accurate - she's more like a mad combination of both * Independent *
The marvel is that although Miss Mitchell has been so prolific, she has also been so good -- Edmund Crispin
