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A review by bibliotechied
Death at the Opera by Gladys Mitchell
2.0
#2 a book with an eccentric character
Death at the opera is a volume of Mitchell's 'Mrs Bradley Mysteries' later made into a tv series starring Diana Rigg. Mrs Bradley is an amateur detective with expertise in psychology and a flamboyant sense of dress. In this volume the death occurs of a seemingly inoffensive teacher during a school production of The Mikado and Mrs Bradley is called upon by the headmaster to investigate the death after an inquest comes to the conclusion that it was a suicide.
Motives for murder abound and Mrs Bradley eventually solves the case but this slight read is a little creaky and lacking plausibility.
Death at the opera is a volume of Mitchell's 'Mrs Bradley Mysteries' later made into a tv series starring Diana Rigg. Mrs Bradley is an amateur detective with expertise in psychology and a flamboyant sense of dress. In this volume the death occurs of a seemingly inoffensive teacher during a school production of The Mikado and Mrs Bradley is called upon by the headmaster to investigate the death after an inquest comes to the conclusion that it was a suicide.
Motives for murder abound and Mrs Bradley eventually solves the case but this slight read is a little creaky and lacking plausibility.