Speedy Death
1932 US edition (Mason Publishing Co.)
AuthorGladys Mitchell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherGollancz (UK)
Dial Press (US)
Publication date
1929
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Mystery of a Butcher's Shop 

Speedy Death is a 1929 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It introduced the character of Mrs Bradley who would go on to appear in a further sixty five novels. The title is sometimes written as A Speedy Death.

It was loosely adapted for an episode of the 1998 television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries.

Synopsis

Psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley investigates the case of a famous explorer who has died while taking a bath at a country house gathering.

References

  1. Reilly p.1089

Bibliography

  • Ebury, Katherine. Modern Literature and the Death Penalty, 1890-1950. Springer Nature, 2020.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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