 First edition | |
| Author | Gladys Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Mrs Bradley |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Say It with Flowers |
| Followed by | My Bones Will Keep |
The Nodding Canaries is a 1961 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the thirty fourth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known character, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. The title refers to the tradition of keeping canaries in mines to watch out for a rise in dangerous gasses.
Synopsis
While accompanying two potential candidates for a teaching post through the caves at Pigmy’s Ladder, schoolmistress Alice Boorman loses contact with her charges who nearly die of suffocation from noxious fumes. A subsequent investigation by Dame Beatrice Bradley uncovers the corpse of local man Oliver Breydon-Waters hidden in a nearby alcove.
References
- ↑ Reilly p.1089
Bibliography
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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