Watson's Choice - Softcover

Mitchell, Gladys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784708682 ISBN 13: 9781784708689

Publisher: Vintage, 2018

Synopsis

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell – one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

One of Sir Bohun Chantrey's great passions in life is the stories of Sherlock Holmes. To celebrate the great man's anniversary, he throws a party at which the guests are instructed to come as characters from the detective stories. But several of the guests are more interested in Sir Bohun's money, and when he announces that he is to marry a poor governess, things take a turn for the worse, not least when the Hound of the Baskervilles turns up...

Fortunately the incomparable detective Mrs Bradley and her secretary Laura are amongst the guests and ready to investigate the deepening mystery.

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

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"Crime writing's best-kept secret."
—Scotsman

"Among the most revered names in British mystery fiction."
—Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1784708682
• ISBN 13: 9781784708689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192