The Rising of the Moon (novel)

The Rising of the Moon

First edition
Author	Gladys Mitchell
Cover artist	A. E. Barlow
Language	English
Series	Mrs Bradley
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Michael Joseph
Publication date	1945
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	My Father Sleeps
Followed by	Here Comes a Chopper

The Rising of the Moon is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. ^[1] It is the eighteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. ^[2] It has been described as one of the best of Mitchell's novels. ^[3]

In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries starring Diana Rigg.

Synopsis

The arrival of a travelling circus enlivens the life of a sleepy English village, particularly when one of the female tightrope walkers is found dead. The killing of a second victim, a barmaid, again when the moon is shining brightly suggests that there may be a lunatic at large.

References

1. Klein p.231
2. Reilly p.1089
3. Hanson p.176

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.