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Mrs Bradley
Beatrice Adela Bradley is a fictional detective created by Gladys Mitchell. Mrs (later Dame Beatrice) Bradley is Mitchell's most significant and long-lived character, appearing in 66 novels that were published between 1929 and 1975. Life Mrs Bradley is the first female character to be both a detective heroine and a member of an 'established profession'. A fully qualified medical doctor and a psychoanalyst, she is a consultant for the Home Office, and she also acts as an amateur detective. Mrs Bradley lives in the village of Wandles Parva, located in the New Forest. Her sidekicks include her chauffeur George Cuddleup, and her secretary Laura Menzies. Books * '' Speedy Death'', (London: Gollancz, 1929) * '' The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop'', (London: Gollancz, 1929) * ''The Longer Bodies'', (London: Gollancz, 1930) * '' The Saltmarsh Murders'', (London: Gollancz, 1932) * ''Death at the Opera'', (London: Grayson, 1934) also known as ''Death in the Wet'' (Philadelphia: Macrae Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedy Death
''Speedy Death'' is a 1929 mystery novel, mystery Detective fiction, detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.Reilly p.1089 It introduced the character of Mrs Bradley who would go on to appear in a further sixty five novels. The title is sometimes written as ''A Speedy Death''. It was loosely adapted for an episode of the 1998 television series ''The Mrs Bradley Mysteries''. Synopsis Psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley investigates the case of a famous explorer who has died while taking a bath at a country house gathering. References Bibliography * Ebury, Katherine. ''Modern Literature and the Death Penalty, 1890-1950''. Springer Nature, 2020. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1929 British novels Novels by Gladys Mitchell British crime novels Novels set in England 1929 debut novels British detective novels British novels adapted into television shows {{1920s-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Men's Morris
''Dead Men's Morris'' is a 1936 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 It was the first to be published by Michael Joseph who released all the subsequent fifty nine novels in the series. It was later republished with the alternative title ''Death Comes at Christmas''. Synopsis Mrs Bradley goes to spend Christmas at her nephew's Oxfordshire pig farm Pig farming or pork farming or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins. Pigs are amenable to ..., she investigates two apparently accidental deaths in the picturesque villages that are in fact murders. Also encountered are a legendary local ghost and a team of morris dancers. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Comes A Chopper
''Here Comes a Chopper'' is a 1946 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the nineteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 The title references a line in the nursery rhyme '' Oranges and Lemons''. The plot revolves around a traditional country house mystery The closed circle of suspects is a common element of detective fiction, and the subgenre that employs it can be referred to as the closed circle mystery. Less precisely, this subgenre – works with the closed circle literary device â ... involving a man who goes missing only to turn up as a headless corpse. In a review in the '' New Statesman'', Ralph Partridge observed "Miss Gladys Mitchell’s style of surrealist detection is too fundamentally established to be criticised. In a misguided way she has a touch of genius." References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rising Of The Moon (novel)
''The Rising of the Moon'' is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the eighteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It has been described as one of the best of Mitchell's novels.Hanson p.176 In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series '' The Mrs Bradley Mysteries'' starring Diana Rigg. Synopsis The arrival of a travelling circus enlivens the life of a sleepy English village, particularly when one of the female tightrope walkers is found dead. The killing of a second victim, a barmaid A bartender (also known as a barkeep, barman, barmaid, or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but a ..., again when the moon is shining brightly suggests that there may be a lunatic at large. References Bibliography * Hanson, Gillia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father Sleeps
''My Father Sleeps'' is a 1944 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the seventeenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 It is set in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Synopsis While on a walking holiday the brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Bradleys's secretary Laura Menzies encounter a strange local landowner Hector Loudoun who claims he is being pressured to sell ownership of one of his loch ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...s. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Miskimmin, Esme. ''100 British Crime Writers''. Springer Nature, 2020. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Over Soho
''Sunset Over Soho'' is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the sixteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 Bradley was one of a number of investigators active during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. A review by Ralph Partridge in the '' New Statesman'' noted "Miss Mitchell does her best to represent English surrealism. ''Sunset over Soho'' seems to centre round a body in a coffin, which starts its career somewhere up the Thames and eventually comes to earth in an air-raid shelter in Soho, having apparently dropped out of a church. Someone takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk, and someone else takes a trip to the Canary Islands. No incident is ever explained, and there are plenty of incidents; while Mrs. Bradley lords it over all. This must be the deepest of Miss Mitchell’s constructions, as even her most ardent fans have been unable to fathom its beauties." Synops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worsted Viper
''The Worsted Viper'' is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the fifteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ... and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 Bradley was one of a number of investigators active during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Much of the novel takes place on the Norfolk Broads. In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series '' The Mrs Bradley Mysteries'' starring Diana Rigg. Synopsis When three of her former students on a boating holiday in Norfolk discover a body in a cottage, they call in the assistance of Mrs Bradley. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Last I Died
''When Last I Died'' is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the thirteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 In a review in '' The Observer'', Maurice Richardson Maurice Richardson (1907–1978) was an English journalist and short story writer. Life and career Richardson was born to a wealthy family."Odd Man Out", Mary Manning,''Irish Times'', 4 August 1978 (p.11) Review of ''Fits and Starts''. As a ch ... described it as "perhaps Miss Mitchell’s best, most ingenious crime story yet." Synopsis After renting a house by the seaside Mrs Bradley comes across the diary of a former tenant in the house Bella Foxley, once accused of murdering her cousin some years before. Convinced that Bella was unfairly accused, Mrs Bradley takes it upon herself to investigate a supposedly haunted house where the murder has taken place. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangman's Curfew
''Hangman's Curfew'' is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twelfth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ... and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 Synopsis While in Northumberland on a walking holiday a friend of Mrs Bradley encounters a young man who claims that his uncle is being poisoned. She calls in the renowned psychoanalyst who begins making investigations, but is disconcerted to find that the uncle is in apparent good health. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Miskimmin, Esme. ''100 British Crime Writers''. Springer Nature, 2020. * Reilly, John M. ''Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazen Tongue
''Brazen Tongue'' is a 1940 mystery novel, mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the eleventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 Synopsis During the early months of the Second World War in the small village of Willington, three bodies are discovered in a very short space of time leading to the investigation of Mrs Bradley. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1940 British novels Novels by Gladys Mitchell British crime novels Novels set in England British detective novels Michael Joseph books {{1940s-crime-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Printer's Error
''Printer's Error'' is a 1939 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the tenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Miskimmin p.155 Synopsis A small publishers agrees to print an anti-Semitic work by a well-known but controversial author Fortinbras Carn. Before long he is receiving anonymous letters threatening him and then his wife is discovered bludgeoned A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times. There are several examples of blunt-force trauma caused ... to death. The author himself goes missing and severed body parts begin turning up across the area. As Mrs Bradley joins the investigation it appears the case make be connected to activities by agents of the German Nazi Party. References Bibliography * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |