Fault in the Structure

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYRediscover Gladys Mitchell one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.It occurred to Alfrist C Swinburne early in life that death was a solver of problems particularly when it was visited on close family members who will leave behind a rich inheritance. Dame Beatrice Bradley psychoanalyst and sleuth first crosses paths with Swinburne when a woman's body is discovered in the cloisters of a women's college but it is not until a dramatic performance of the Beggar's Opera that Dame Beatrice can unmask the secrets of Swinburne's chequered past.Opinionated unconventional unafraid... If you like Poirot and Miss Marple you'll love Mrs Bradley.