Read Series: Mrs. Bradley
by Author Gladys Mitchell
Adders on the Heath (1989)
Set in the New Forest. A young man named Richardson is spending a few days under canvas, awaiting the arrival of a friend, before transferring to an hotel. One night he returns to camp to find a dead man in his tent and immediately telephones the police. But when they arrive the original body -- ...
Tom Brown's Body (2005)
When an unpopular teacher at a private boy’s school is found murdered, only Mrs. Bradley can solve the mystery in this classic crime caper from the redoubtable Gladys Mitchell.
Death at the Opera (2005)
Hillmaston School has chosen The Mikado for their next school performance and, in recognition of her generous offer to finance the production, their meek and self-effacing arithmetic mistress is offered a key role. But when she disappears mid-way through the opening night performance and is lat...
Watson's Choice (1985)
"Wealthy and eccentric Sir Bohun Chantrey numbered among his enthusiasms an absorbing admiration for Sherlock Holmes. To celebrate that great man's anniversary, he gave a party at which guests were invited to impersonate characters from the Holmes stories. A good time would, no doubt, have been h...
When Last I Died (2005)
Mrs. Bradley has dealt with murderers before, but she has always dealt with them as a professional psychologist--coolly, scientifically, almost flippantly. Now, however, the brilliant old lady is fiercely determined to bring a cruel and ruthless murderer to bay. Various members of the Bradley hou...
The Saltmarsh Murders (1987)
#4 Mrs. Bradley, psychologist, rural England; classic amateur sleuth but twisted. Overall this was a thoroughly entertaining skewering of detective story styles of the period, done with wit and a wicked sense of humor. Another peculiar visit with Mrs. Bradley, that irascible psychologist, doctor,...
A Speedy Death (1999)
Dr Beatrice Bradley is elderly, ugly, has darkly sharp insights and an extremely wicked tongue. 1929 genteel country house guests are shocked by the death of their famous guest, world traveler Mountjoy, in a bathtub. Suspects include his quiet (but extremely competent) fiancee Eleanor, pompous Al...
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (2006)
When Rupert Sethleigh's body is found one morning, minus its head, laid out in the village butcher shop, the inhabitants of Wandles Parva aren't particularly upset. Sethleigh was a blackmailing money lender and when the unconventional detective Mrs Bradley begins her investigation she finds no sh...