My Bones Will Keep

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My Bones Will Keep
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Author Gladys Mitchell
Cover artistKenneth Farnhill
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Mrs Bradley
GenreMystery
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1962
Media typePrint
Preceded by The Nodding Canaries  
Followed by Adders on the Heath  

My Bones Will Keep is a 1962 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. [1] [2] It is the thirty fifth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known character, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

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Synopsis

While accompanying her friend Dame Beatrice Bradley to a conference in Scotland, her assistant Laura becomes dragged into a mystery that intrigues her.

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References

  1. Reilly p.1089
  2. Craig & Cadogan p.186

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