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When Last I Died

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When Last I Died
First US edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherMichael Joseph (UK)
Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date
1941
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byHangman's Curfew 
Followed byLaurels are Poison 

When Last I Died is a 1941 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the thirteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] In a review in The Observer, Maurice Richardson described it as "perhaps Miss Mitchell’s best, most ingenious crime story yet."

Synopsis

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After renting a house by the seaside Mrs Bradley comes across the diary of a former tenant in the house Bella Foxley, once accused of murdering her cousin some years before. Convinced that Bella was unfairly accused, Mrs Bradley takes it upon herself to investigate a supposedly haunted house where the murder has taken place.

References

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

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.