The Classic Collection of Gladys Mitchell — Illustrated: Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: Speedy Death, The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop, The Longer Bodies brings together the early and most celebrated works of one of Britain's most original Golden Age crime writers. Featuring the indomitable psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs. Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, these novels showcase Mitchell's trademark blend of sharp wit, psychological insight, and macabre humor. In Speedy Death (1929), Mitchell introduces readers to Mrs. Bradley in a shocking tale where a country house party turns into a scene of scandal and murder, challenging conventions and laying the foundation for a new kind of detective heroine. The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (1929) follows with grotesque humor and a bizarre murder involving a dismembered body, testing Mrs. Bradley's cool intellect against both superstition and deceit. Finally, The Longer Bodies (1930) delivers a razor-sharp satire of eccentric family life, inheritance schemes, and human folly, as Mrs. Bradley once again unravels a murder with clinical precision. Contents: -Speedy Death -The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop -The Longer Bodies