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| Author | Gladys Mitchell |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Mrs Bradley |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Come Away, Death |
| Followed by | Printer's Error |
St Peter's Finger is a 1938 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. [1] It is the ninth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. [2] [3]
Mrs Bradley is called in to investigate a suspicious death at a convent school in the coastal settlement of St Peter's Finer, so-called because of its towering church tower. One of the students has been found dead in the bath, but it becomes clear that rather than drowning she has died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Cecil Day-Lewis reviewing the novel in The Spectator under his pen name Nicholas Blake found the opening impressive, "but I found it difficult to keep all the threads of the plot in my hand, and it does peter out a little towards the end: perhaps this is because the criminal’s motive strained my credulity".
The Devil's Elbow is a 1951 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty fourth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. The novel takes its name from a geographical feature along the route of the trip.
Groaning Spinney is a 1950 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty third in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It was later republished under the title of Murder in the Snow.
Tom Brown's Body is a 1949 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty second in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. The title refers to both the novel Tom Brown's School Days and the song John Brown's Body. Mitchell had previously used a school setting for her earlier work Death at the Opera.
Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
Merlin's Furlong is a 1953 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty sixth entry in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
Death and the Maiden is a 1947 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twentieth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
The Dancing Druids is a 1948 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty first in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. The title refers to a group of prehistoric stones whose appearance resembles dancing druids.
Brazen Tongue is a 1940 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the eleventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
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 psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It has been described as one of the best of Mitchell's novels.
Printer's Error is a 1939 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the tenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop is a 1929 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the second in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It further established the reputation of the quick-witted Bradley who is some way ahead of the investigating police officers. Mitchell also employed a number of original touches that would continue during the series.
The Longer Bodies is a 1930 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the third in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
The Devil at Saxon Wall is a 1935 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the sixth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It was the first of a number of her books to feature the theme of witchcraft, the result of hearing a lecture about it from her friend Helen Simpson who she dedicated the novel to.
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 psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. 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.
Laurels are Poison is a 1942 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the fourteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It was Mitchell's own favourite among her novels and has been considered her best by other critics. It introduced the character of Laura Menzies who became recurring assistant of Mrs Bradley in subsequent novels.
Hangman's Curfew is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twelfth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
When Last I Died is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the thirteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. In a review in The Observer, Maurice Richardson described it as "perhaps Miss Mitchell’s best, most ingenious crime story yet."
My Father Sleeps is a 1944 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the seventeenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It is set in the Western Highlands of Scotland.
Sunset Over Soho is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the sixteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. Bradley was one of a number of investigators active during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
The Worsted Viper is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the fifteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. Bradley was one of a number of investigators active during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Much of the novel takes place on the Norfolk Broads.
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