Come Away, Death (novel)
Appearance
![]() 1939 edition | |
Author | Gladys Mitchell |
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Language | English |
Series | Mrs Bradley |
Genre | Mystery |
Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1937 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | Dead Men's Morris |
Followed by | St Peter's Finger |
Come Away, Death is a 1937 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the eighth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] Although the plot revolves around Greek Mythology, the title is taken from a line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It was followed by a loose sequel Lament for Leto in 1971.
Synopsis
[edit]Keen to rediscover the secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries, archaeologist Sir Rudri Hopkinson plans to recreate the traditional rituals in Greece and summon the ancient gods. A series of strange incidents mar the expedition, ultimately ending in murder.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
- 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.