Come Away, Death (novel)

Come Away, Death is a 1937 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the eight in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] Although the plot revolves around Greek Mythology, the title is taken from a line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It was followed by a loose sequel Lament for Leto in 1971.

Come Away, Death
1939 edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1937
Media typePrint
Preceded byDead Men's Morris 
Followed bySt Peter's Finger 

Synopsis

Keen to rediscover the secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries, archaeologist Sir Rudri Hopkinson plans to recreate the traditional rituals in Greece and summon the ancient gods. However from the beginning a series of strange incidents mar the expedition, ultimately ending in murder.

References

  1. Klein p.231
  2. Reilly p.1089

Bibliography

  • Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
  • Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
  • Miskimmin, Esme. 100 British Crime Writers. Springer Nature, 2020.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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