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Tom Brown´s Body
Gladys Mitchell
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Description for Tom Brown´s Body
Paperback. The matchless detective and psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is visiting the picturesque village of Spey in search of a local witch when Gerald Conway, a junior master at Spey College, is found murdered. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell – one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.
The matchless detective and psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is visiting the picturesque village of Spey in search of a local witch when Gerald Conway, a junior master at Spey College, is found murdered. Despised by both pupils and peers, there is no shortage of suspects but can the redoubtable Mrs Bradley use tact, wit and just a touch of black magic to make the boys and their masters divulge the truth?
Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid... If ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099526230
SKU
V9780099526230
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About Gladys Mitchell
Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell – or ‘The Great Gladys’ as Philip Larkin called her – was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft ... Read more
Reviews for Tom Brown´s Body
Mrs Lestrange Bradley...is by far the best and most vital English female detective
Observer
Mrs Bradley is easily the best woman detective in fiction
News Chronicle
Judged the equal of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie... but more like a mad combination of them both
Independent on Sunday
The Great Gladys
Philip Larkin ... Read more
Observer
Mrs Bradley is easily the best woman detective in fiction
News Chronicle
Judged the equal of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie... but more like a mad combination of them both
Independent on Sunday
The Great Gladys
Philip Larkin ... Read more