Hangman's Curfew is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the twelfth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2]

Hangman's Curfew
First edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1941
Media typePrint
Preceded byBrazen Tongue 
Followed byWhen Last I Died 

Synopsis edit

While in Northumberland on a walking holiday a friend of Mrs Bradley encounters a young man who claims that his uncle is being poisoned. She calls in the renowned psychoanalyst who begins making investigations, but is disconcerted to find that the uncle is in apparent good health.

References edit

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

Bibliography edit

  • 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.