Tom Brown's Body
1949 novel
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Author | Gladys Mitchell |
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Language | English |
Series | Mrs Bradley |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1949 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | The Dancing Druids |
Followed by | Groaning Spinney |
Tom Brown's Body is a 1949 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1][2] It is the twenty second in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[3] The title refers to both the novel Tom Brown's School Days and the song John Brown's Body. Mitchell had previously used a school setting for her earlier work Death at the Opera.
Synopsis
In the countryside searching for a book by one of her ancestors on witchcraft, Mrs Bradley acquires it from a local witch. However, a murder of one of the schoolmasters at the nearby boarding school draws her interest, particularly as it appears to be linked with witchcraft.
References
Bibliography
- Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
- Walton, Samantha. Guilty But Insane: Mind and Law in Golden Age Detective Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2015.
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