Brazen Tongue

Description

It is the early months of the Second World War and the inhabitants of the provincial town of Willington are just coming to terms with the idea of petrol shortages, rationing, and the occasional air-raid warning. The last thing they expect is for three mysterious corpses to appear More... in their midst on the same, rainy autumn night. The mystery is compounded by the apparent motiveless nature of the crimes and the absence of any obvious link between the victims: one, a notable town councilor: the second, a young A.R.P. volunteer; and the third, an unidentified drowning case. The youthful Inspector Stailard is baffled and it requires the saurian intervention of Mrs. Bradley to unravel the complex web of deceit and to uncover a particularly peculiar motive behind the murders. The humour and energy of Brazen Tongue, which are a hallmark of every Gladys Mitchell novel, will delight her established body of enthusiasts, and will introduce a lesser-known work from a masterly Golden Age writer to a new generation of crime fiction fans.