Mrs. Bradley Series

66 primary works • 67 total works
Psychiatrist and medical doctor Beatrice LeStrange Bradley solves crimes among all sorts of British places and people.

Book 1

A Speedy Death
3.51
· 1291 Ratings · 180 Reviews · published 1929 · 25 editions
Dr Beatrice Bradley is elderly, ugly, has darkly s…
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Book 2

The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
3.38
· 555 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 1929 · 23 editions
When Rupert Sethleigh's body is found one morning,…
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Book 3

The Longer Bodies: A Mrs. Bradley Mystery
3.58
· 399 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1930 · 13 editions
At ninety, the screeching, still lively Great Aunt…
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Book 4

The Saltmarsh Murders
3.53
· 955 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 1932 · 21 editions
When the vicar's wife discovers that her unmarried…
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Book 5

Death at the Opera
3.60
· 501 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1934 · 24 editions
Hillmaston School has chosen The Mikado for their …
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Book 6

The Devil at Saxon Wall
3.59
· 253 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1935 · 16 editions
The quaint, cozy village of Saxon Wall is hiding a…
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Book 7

Death Comes at Christmas
3.13
· 652 Ratings · 77 Reviews · published 1936 · 20 editions
Amateur sleuth Mrs Bradley investigates a puzzling…
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Book 8

Come Away, Death
3.31
· 212 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1937 · 20 editions
When an eccentric Brit proposes a "Fearful rag" to…
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Book 9

St. Peter's Finger
3.74
· 325 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 1938 · 10 editions
Mrs. Beatrice Lestrange Bradley receives a visit f…
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Book 10

Printer's Error
3.57
· 140 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1939 · 3 editions
The imminent publication in a limited edition of a…
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Book 11

Brazen Tongue
3.70
· 153 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1940 · 7 editions

It is the early months of the Second World War, an…

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Book 12

Hangman's Curfew
3.93
· 165 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1941 · 7 editions
Mrs. Bradley's niece-by-courtesy, Gillian, is inst…
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Book 13

When Last I Died
3.64
· 351 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 1941 · 18 editions
This is a crime writing gem featuring vanished chi…
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Book 14

Laurels are Poison
3.90
· 267 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1942 · 15 editions
From the back cover: "Towards the end of the dance…
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Book 15

The Worsted Viper
3.80
· 118 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1943 · 6 editions
Mrs. Bradley is not unaccustomed to receiving fan …
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Book 16

Sunset Over Soho
3.61
· 122 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1943 · 4 editions
It's the height of the Second World War, and Mrs. …
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Book 17

My Father Sleeps
3.60
· 85 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1944 · 3 editions
Touring Scotland’s western Highlands is meant to b…
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Book 18

The Rising of the Moon
3.91
· 386 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1945 · 23 editions
Every full moon, a Ripper runs amok on the streets…
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Book 19

Here Comes a Chopper
3.79
· 165 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1946 · 11 editions

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY


Rediscover Gladys Mi…

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Book 20

Death and the Maiden
3.27
· 175 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1947 · 15 editions
Miss Prissie Carmody has a full house. She was liv…
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Book 21

The Dancing Druids
3.87
· 146 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1948 · 5 editions
The nine rocks known as The Dancing Druids had bec…
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Book 22

Tom Brown's Body
3.35
· 207 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1949 · 20 editions
When an unpopular teacher at a private boy’s schoo…
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Book 23

Murder in the Snow
3.07
· 827 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 1950 · 16 editions
‘A delight… An amateur sleuth to rival Miss Marple…
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Book 24

The Devil's Elbow
3.88
· 156 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1951 · 10 editions
Dan Jeffries' job, as courier on a coach taking ho…
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Book 25

The Echoing Strangers
3.93
· 131 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1952 · 11 editions

Most people overlooked the sullen deaf-mute teenag…

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Book 26

Merlin's Furlong
3.91
· 116 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1953 · 4 editions

At Merlin's Furlong lived Mr. Aumbry, a wealthy, e…

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Book 27

Faintley Speaking
3.69
· 156 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1954 · 10 editions
Beatrice Lestrange Bradley, psychiatrist and consu…
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Book 28

Watson's Choice
3.47
· 352 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1955 · 22 editions
In this glorious Golden Age crime caper, Mrs Bradl…
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Book 29

Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose
3.85
· 88 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1956 · 8 editions

John Mapstead kept twelve horses at his riding-sta…

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Book 30

The Twenty-Third Man
3.62
· 242 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 1957 · 17 editions
Renowned criminologist, psychoanalyst and sardonic…
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Book 31

Spotted Hemlock
3.77
· 164 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1958 · 12 editions
When two male students execute a rag against the n…
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Book 32

The Man Who Grew Tomatoes
4.03
· 100 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1959 · 4 editions
Mr. Hugh Camber, claiming the family estate as his…
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Book 33

Say It with Flowers
3.94
· 71 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1960 · 3 editions
Two leading characters in this detective novel are…
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Book 34

The Nodding Canaries
3.84
· 82 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1961 · 4 editions

Dame Beatrice is summoned by schoolmistress Alice …

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Book 35

My Bones Will Keep
3.91
· 106 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1962 · 11 editions

Laura's trip to her native Scotland—accompanying D…

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Book 36

Adders on the Heath
3.78
· 80 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1963 · 5 editions
Set in the New Forest. A young man named Richardso…
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Book 37

Death of a Delft Blue
3.95
· 74 Ratings · published 1964 · 6 editions
While attending a conference in Holland, Dame Beat…
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Book 38

Pageant Of Murder
3.90
· 73 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1965 · 6 editions
The dull but important little town of Brayne, situ…
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Book 39

The Croaking Raven
4.15
· 61 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1966 · 3 editions

Under pressure from a small boy who wants to spend…

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Book 40

Skeleton Island
4.06
· 71 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1967 · 4 editions

When Colin Spalding agreed to stay with his father…

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Book 41

Three Quick And Five Dead
4.02
· 96 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1968 · 8 editions
Laura Gavin's walking companion along a country ro…
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Book 42

Dance to Your Daddy
3.92
· 111 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1969 · 11 editions
Book by Mitchell, Gladys
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Book 43

Gory Dew
3.94
· 52 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1970 · 2 editions
In this story, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley fin…
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Book 44

Lament for Leto
3.79
· 67 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1971 · 3 editions
In this detective story, Mrs Lestrange, the detect…
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Book 45

A Hearse on May-Day
3.86
· 121 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1972 · 14 editions
A Mrs. Bradley mystery in which a small English to…
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Book 46

The Murder of Busy Lizzie
3.89
· 66 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1973 · 5 editions
Marius Lovelaine has decided to extend the olive-b…
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Book 47

A Javelin for Jonah
3.83
· 58 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1974 · 2 editions
Hamish Gavin has accepted a teaching position at a…
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Book 48

Winking at the Brim
3.81
· 97 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1974 · 8 editions
Sir Ferdinand Lestrange's daughter Sally gets invi…
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Book 49

Convent on Styx
4.07
· 76 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1975 · 5 editions
For the second time in her career, Dame Beatrice L…
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Book 50

Late, Late in the Evening
3.76
· 136 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1976 · 12 editions
Margaret and Kenneth Clifton pass their childhood …
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Book 51

Noonday and Night
3.88
· 85 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1977 · 8 editions
Called upon to probe the mysterious disappearance …
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Book 52

Fault in the Structure
3.74
· 86 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1977 · 8 editions
Depending on how one looks at it, Mr. Theddeus E. …
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Book 53

Wraiths and Changelings
4.09
· 79 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1978 · 3 editions
An evening of exchanged ghost stories on a windy H…
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Book 54

Mingled with Venom
4.00
· 63 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1978 · 5 editions
Nearing 70, matriarch Romula Leydon finds much at …
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Book 55

Nest of Vipers
3.93
· 84 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1979 · 8 editions
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
Rediscover Gladys Mitchell…
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Book 56

The Mudflats of the Dead
3.86
· 57 Ratings · published 1979 · 4 editions
Young schoolmaster-turned-author Colin Palgrave se…
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Book 57

Uncoffin'd Clay
3.59
· 85 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1980 · 5 editions
The tranquil life of the pleasant little town of S…
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Book 58

The Whispering Knights
3.86
· 59 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1980 · 2 editions
Practically everyone in the travelling party assum…
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Book 59

The Death Cap Dancers
3.71
· 104 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1981 · 8 editions
While en route to visit relatives, Hermione Lestra…
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Book 60

Lovers, Make Moan
3.98
· 46 Ratings · published 1981 · 2 editions
Jonathan and Deborah Bradley come to the rescue wh…
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Book 61

Here Lies Gloria Mundy
3.79
· 99 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1982 · 5 editions
Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley is drawn into an u…
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Book 62

Death of a Burrowing Mole
4.00
· 47 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1982 · 2 editions
A letter from Bonamy Monkshood to his godmother—a …
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Book 63

The Greenstone Griffins
4.16
· 64 Ratings · published 1983 · 2 editions
The Greenstone Griffins is the story of Jessica De…
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Book 64

Cold, Lone, and Still
3.66
· 71 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1983 · 4 editions
Comrie Melrose, in his business life an easy-tempe…
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Book 65

No Winding Sheet
3.87
· 62 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1984 · 6 editions
The headmaster of the Sir George Etherege school f…
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Book 66

The Crozier Pharaohs
3.82
· 78 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1984 · 6 editions
Trouble starts in the quiet coastal village of Abb…
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Book 67

Sleuth's Alchemy: Cases of Mrs. Bradley and Others
3.55
· 11 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2005 · 2 editions
Short story collection, some stories featuring Mrs…
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