The Dancing Druids
Appearance
![]() First edition | |
Author | Gladys Mitchell |
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Language | English |
Series | Mrs Bradley |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1948 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | Death and the Maiden |
Followed by | Tom Brown's Body |
The Dancing Druids is a 1948 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1][2] It is the twenty first in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[3] The title refers to a group of prehistoric stones whose appearance resembles dancing druids.
Synopsis
In the West Country a cross country runner stumbles across a mysterious scene, and calls in Mrs Bradley who arrives with her various assistants.
References
Bibliography
- Craig, Patricia & Cadogan, Mary. The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction. Orion Publishing Group 1981.
- Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.