Faintley Speaking

Faintley Speaking

First edition
Author	Gladys Mitchell
Language	English
Series	Mrs Bradley
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Michael Joseph
Publication date	1954
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Merlin's Furlong
Followed by	Watson's Choice

Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.^[1] It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.^[2]

An overhead phone conversation from a Miss Faintley draws a struggling author into a mystery involving a parcel drop that leads to murder of Faintley, a seemingly respectable schoolteacher. Mrs Bradley investigates the case, involving a gang of smugglers, through her devoted secretary Laura who goes undercover.

• Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

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