Brazen Tongue

Gladys Mitchell

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Vintage
15 October 2013

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

READ ALL AGATHA CHRISTIE? TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY As the country readies for war in Europe, murder strikes much closer to home...a classic murder mystery from one of the queens of Golden Age crime fiction

Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Europe is on the brink of war, but as the quiet village of Willington braces itself for bloodshed overseas, a killer strikes much closer to home. But what connects the murder of an escaped asylum patient, a local councillor and a young volunteer at the village's air raid patrol centre? Only the exceptional Mrs Bradley, psychoanalyst and celebrated detective, can uncover the truth.

Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you'll love Mrs Bradley.

By: Gladys Mitchell
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 203g
ISBN: 9780099583967
ISBN 10: 0099583968
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gladys Mitchell was an English schoolteacher and the author of over sixty novels featuring her unconventional heroine, Mrs Bradley. An early member of the Detection Club, alongside Agatha Christie, G.K Chesterton and Dorothy L. Sayers, she was awarded the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger in 1976. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft was encouraged by her friend, the detective novelist Helen Simpson.

Reviews for Brazen Tongue

There are many other good detective writers...there is Gladys Mitchell with her fascinating Mrs Bradley, ugly as a toad and armed with the latest up-to-date theories of psychology -- Agatha Christie * Guardian * Crime writing's best kept secret * Scotsman * Gladys Mitchell can always be relied upon for a packed and meaty novel, and an intelligent one at that * Guardian * Easily the best woman detective in fiction * News Chronicle *