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The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop

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The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
First edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherGollancz
Publication date
1929
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded bySpeedy Death 
Followed byThe Longer Bodies 

The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop is a 1929 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the second in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] It further established the reputation of the quick-witted Bradley who is some way ahead of the investigating police officers. Mitchell also employed a number of original touches that would continue during the series.[3]

Synopsis

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In the quaint village of Bossbury, joints of human meat are founding hanging from the hooks in the cold room of the butcher's shop. Meanwhile nearby a bishop discovers a skull while going for a swim by the seaside. Everything seems to point to the dead man being Rupert Sethleigh, who has gone missing although his cousin claims he has left for America.

References

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  1. ^ Klein p.231
  2. ^ Reilly p.1089
  3. ^ Miskimmin p.155

Bibliography

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  • Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
  • Miskimmin, Esme. 100 British Crime Writers. Springer Nature, 2020.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.