Lament for Leto

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Lament for Leto
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First edition
Author Gladys Mitchell
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Mrs Bradley
GenreMystery
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint
Preceded byGory Dew 
Followed byA Hearse on May-Day 

Lament for Leto is a 1971 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. [1] [2] It is the forty fourth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known character, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It is a loose sequel to the 1937 novel Come Away, Death with several of the characters reappearing.

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Synopsis

While sheltering from the rain at the British Museum Dame Beatrice Bradley runs into an old archaeologist acquaintance. He invites her to accompany his new expedition to uncover the glories of Ancient Greece. However, when they embark on the journey to the Mediterranean she notices the tensions among the other members of the expedition, particularly driven by the demanding, self-involved novelist Chloe Cowie.

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References

  1. Reilly p.1089
  2. Parker & Kermode p.462

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