''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

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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

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, 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.

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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 Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1936 British novels Novels by Gladys Mitchell British crime novels British mystery novels British thriller novels Novels set in Oxfordshire British detective novels Michael Joseph books {{1930s-mystery-novel-stub