''Speedy Death'' is a 1929

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by the British writer

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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 ''

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and amateur detective Mrs Bradley investigates the case of a famous explorer who has died while taking a bath at a

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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