Order of Gladys Mitchell Books
Gladys Mitchell (1901-1983) was an English author of mystery novels and children’s books. She also wrote historical fiction as Stephen Hockaby. She is best known for her Mrs. Bradley mystery series. Gladys attended Goldsmiths College and University College, London. She taught English, history and games at St. Paul’s School, Brentford and then at St. Anne’s Senior Girls School. Gladys began to write novels in the mid-1920s, and continued to teach at various schools until 1961. She earned the CWA Silver Dagger Award in 1976.
Gladys Mitchell made her debut as a novelist in 1929 with the novel Speedy Death. Her final novel was the 1984 novel The Crozier Pharaohs. Below is a list of Gladys Mitchell’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Mrs. Bradley Books
| A Speedy Death | (1929) |    |
| The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop | (1929) | |
| The Longer Bodies | (1930) | |
| The Saltmarsh Murders | (1932) | |
| Death at the Opera / Death in the Wet | (1934) | |
| The Devil at Saxon Wall | (1935) | |
| Dead Men's Morris | (1936) | |
| Come Away, Death | (1937) | |
| St Peter's Finger | (1938) | |
| Printer's Error | (1939) | |
| Brazen Tongue | (1940) | |
| Hangman's Curfew | (1941) | |
| When Last I Died | (1941) | |
| Laurels Are Poison | (1942) | |
| The Worsted Viper | (1943) | |
| Sunset Over Soho | (1943) | |
| My Father Sleeps | (1944) | |
| The Rising of the Moon | (1945) | |
| Here Comes a Chopper | (1946) | |
| Death and the Maiden | (1947) | |
| The Dancing Druids | (1948) | |
| Tom Brown's Body | (1949) | |
| Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow | (1950) | |
| The Devil's Elbow | (1951) | |
| The Echoing Strangers | (1952) | |
| Merlin's Furlong | (1953) | |
| Faintley Speaking | (1954) | |
| Watson's Choice | (1955) | |
| Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose | (1956) | |
| The Twenty-Third Man | (1957) | |
| Spotted Hemlock | (1958) | |
| The Man Who Grew Tomatoes | (1959) | |
| Say It with Flowers | (1960) | |
| Nodding Canaries | (1961) | |
| My Bones Will Keep | (1962) | |
| Adders on the Heath | (1963) | |
| Death of a Delft Blue | (1964) | |
| Pageant of Murder | (1965) | |
| The Croaking Raven | (1966) | |
| Skeleton Island | (1967) | |
| Three Quick and Five Dead | (1968) | |
| Dance to Your Daddy | (1969) | |
| Gory Dew | (1970) | |
| Lament for Leto | (1971) | |
| A Hearse on May-Day | (1972) | |
| The Murder of Busy Lizzie | (1973) | |
| A Javelin for Jonah | (1974) | |
| Winking at the Brim | (1974) | |
| Convent on Styx | (1975) | |
| Late, Late in the Evening | (1976) | |
| Noonday and Night | (1977) | |
| Fault in the Structure | (1977) | |
| Wraiths and Changelings | (1978) | |
| Mingled with Venom | (1978) | |
| Nest of Vipers | (1979) | |
| The Mudflats of the Dead | (1979) | |
| Uncoffin'd Clay | (1980) | |
| The Whispering Knights | (1980) | |
| The Death Cap Dancers | (1981) | |
| Lovers, Make Moan | (1981) | |
| Here Lies Gloria Mundy | (1982) | |
| Death of a Burrowing Mole | (1982) | |
| The Greenstone Griffins | (1983) | |
| Cold, Lone, and Still | (1983) | |
| No Winding-Sheet | (1984) | |
| The Crozier Pharaohs | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Pamela Stewart Books
| Holiday River | (1948) | |
| The Seven Stones Mystery | (1949) | |
| The Malory Secret | (1950) | |
| Pam at Storne Castle | (1951) | |
Publication Order of Timothy Herring Books
| Heavy as Lead | (1966) | |
| Late and Cold | (1967) | |
| Your Secret Friend | (1968) | |
| Shades of Darkness | (1970) | |
| Bismarck Herrings | (1971) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Three Fingerprints | (1940) | |
| On Your Marks | (1954) | |
| Caravan Creek | (1954) | |
| The Light Blue Hills | (1959) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Sleuth's Alchemy | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ask a Policeman | (1933) | |
Notes: Death at The Opera was published in the U.S. as Death in the Wet. Groaning Spinney was also titled Murder in the Snow.
The Timothy Herring series was written as Malcolm Torrie.
The standalone titles Marsh Hay, Seven Stars and Orion, Gabriel’s Hold, Outlaws of the Border, Shallow Brown, and Grand Master were written under the pen name of Stephen Hockaby.
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Gladys Mitchell Synopsis: A Speedy Death is the first book in the Mrs. Bradley series by Gladys Mitchell. Guests are set to dine at Alastair Bing’s elegant country manor, but only one guest – a murderer – is aware of the dead body in an upstairs bathtub. With renowned explorer Mr. Everard Mountjoy noticeably missing from the dining table, the rest of the party searches for him, and soon discovers the explorer’s drowned corpse. The murder is mystifying, not in the least because what is in the tub is the body of a woman! As danger and theories unravel, psychoanalyst Mrs. Beatrice Lestrange Bradley observes and interprets all, from shrieks in the night to drowning attempts to poisoning. It’s clear that Mrs. Bradley has a keen eye for detail. But can she find a motive for murder?