''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

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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

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enlivens the life of a sleepy English village, particularly when one of the female

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s is found dead. The killing of a second victim, a

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, again when the moon is shining brightly suggests that there may be a lunatic at large.

References

Bibliography

* Hanson, Gillian Mary. ''City and Shore: The Function of Setting in the British Mystery''. McFarland, 2015. * Klein, Kathleen Gregory. ''Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1945 British novels Novels by Gladys Mitchell British crime novels British mystery novels British thriller novels Novels set in England British detective novels Michael Joseph books British novels adapted into television shows {{1940s-mystery-novel-stub