Faintley Speaking

1954 novel

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]

## Synopsis

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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.

## References

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1. ^ Klein p.231
2. ^ Reilly p.1089

## Bibliography

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* 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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Mrs Bradley by Gladys Mitchell

Novels|

* Speedy Death (1929)
* The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (1929)
* The Longer Bodies (1930)
* The Saltmarsh Murders (1932)
* Death at the Opera (1934)
* The Devil at Saxon Wall (1935)
* Dead Men's Morris (1936)
* Come Away, Death (1937)
* St Peter's Finger (1938)
* Printer's Error (1939)
* Brazen Tongue (1940)
* Hangman's Curfew (1941)
* When Last I Died (1941)
* Laurels Are Poison (1942)
* The Worsted Viper (1943)
* Sunset Over Soho (1943)
* My Father Sleeps (1944)
* The Rising of the Moon (1945)
* Here Comes a Chopper (1946)
* Death and the Maiden (1947)
* The Dancing Druids (1948)
* Tom Brown's Body (1949)
* Groaning Spinney (1950)
* The Devil's Elbow (1951)
* The Echoing Strangers (1952)
* Merlin's Furlong (1953)
* Faintley Speaking (1954)
* Watson's Choice (1955)
* Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose (1956)
* The Twenty-Third Man (1957)
* Spotted Hemlock (1958)
* The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (1959)
* Say It with Flowers (1960)
* The Nodding Canaries (1961)
* My Bones Will Keep (1962)
* Adders on the Heath (1963)
* Death of a Delft Blue (1964)
* Pageant of Murder (1965)
* The Croaking Raven (1966)
* Lament for Leto (1971)
* The Crozier Pharaohs (1984)

Adaptation|

* The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

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