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A good read with a little slower start than her others. The end seemed to give a reason or two for the murders, but wasnt entirely clear as to how it all tied together. Still a satisfactory resolution to the reader.
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Author Gladys Mitchell was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, England on April 19, 1901. She was educated at Goldsmiths' College and University College, London. After graduating, she became a teacher and taught English, history, and games at numerous schools until her retirement in 1961. She is best known for her detective novels featuring Mrs. Bradley. show more She also wrote under the pseudonyms Stephen Hockaby and Malcolm Torrie. In 1976, she received the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger award. She died on July 27, 1983. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Adders on the Heath
- Original title
- Adders on the Heath
- Original publication date
- 1963
- People/Characters
- Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley; Laura Menzies (as Laura Gavin); Tom Richardson; Denis Bradley; Hamish Gavin; Robert Gavin
- Important places
- New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK
- Epigraph
- 'Better if the country be real, and he has walked every foot of it and knows every milestone. As he studies it, relations will appear that he had not thought upon; he will discover obvious, though unexpected, short cuts and f... (show all)ootprints for his messengers; and even when a map is not all the plot, it will be found to be a mine of suggestion.'
- Dedication
- To
TESSA NIVEN
with love - First words
- Members of the Scylla and District Social and Athletic Club are rarely seen in action at the White City.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'The way they knocked off the ponies. I reckon it was subtraction they done; not addition. What do you say?'
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