Gladys MitchellMystery · Fiction·1901–1983
Laurels are Poison
Laurels are Poison
- Pages
- 245
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- English
Synopsis
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Rediscover Gladys Mitchell – one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. The witchlike psychologist and detective Mrs Bradley takes up the position of warden at a girl's college in order to investigate the ominous disappearance of her predecessor.
Her arrival coincides with a series of sinister practical jokes - a student's hair is hacked off, clothes are slashed, then the cook's body is discovered in a river near the college. With the help of her sub-warden and a trio of intrepid students, Mrs Bradley hunts down the culprit. Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid...
If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you’ll love Mrs Bradley.