Well, to be honest, they probably are due a holiday, and Miss Carmody likes the City and is familiar with a particularly suitable hotel in the old town, so why not go in search of a water nymph in an English city backwater?
Not all of Connie's complaints go unheard , however, and she manages to convince her Aunt Prissie that maybe Edris isn't all there.
Enter, stage left, Mrs Bradley, part-time investigator, part-time Freudian psycho-therapist and star of some 66 of Mitchell's 70-odd novels.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag.
Further reading suggestion: If you liked this, further intelligent crime mysteries of the time that you might enjoy include Marjory’s Allingham’s [[Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham|Coroner’s Pidgin ]] - or just to prove it can still be done [[Traveller by Ron McLarty]]. For another Gladys Mitchell, you might like to try [[Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell|Watson's Choice]].
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