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The Twenty-Third Man
Gladys Mitchell
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Description for The Twenty-Third Man
Paperback. Renowned criminologist, psychoanalyst and sardonic widow Mrs Bradley is enjoying a relaxing holiday on the beautiful island of Hombres Muertos. Then a cave high up in the mountains, containing the mummified bodies of twenty three dead kings, acquires an extra corpse overnight and Mrs Bradley is delighted to be called into action. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell – one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.
Renowned criminologist, psychoanalyst and sardonic widow Mrs Bradley is enjoying a relaxing holiday on the beautiful island of Hombres Muertos. Then a cave high up in the mountains, containing the mummified bodies of twenty three dead kings, acquires an extra corpse overnight and Mrs Bradley is delighted to be called into action.
As her investigations begin it quickly becomes clear that almost everyone on the island has a motive for murder, and a dark ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099563273
SKU
V9780099563273
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About Gladys Mitchell
Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell – or ‘The Great Gladys’ as Philip Larkin called her – was born in 1901, in Cowley in Oxfordshire. She graduated in history from University College London and in 1921 began her long career as a teacher. Her hobbies included architecture and writing poetry. She studied the works of Sigmund Freud and her interest in witchcraft ... Read more
Reviews for The Twenty-Third Man
One can usually rely on Miss Gladys Mitchell for something unexpected and in The Twenty-Third Man she certainly provides
Guardian
Bizarre, fascinating and entertaining
Tatler
Crime writing's best-kept secret
Scotsman
Guardian
Bizarre, fascinating and entertaining
Tatler
Crime writing's best-kept secret
Scotsman