Pageant of Murder
{{Short description|1965 novel}}
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| author = Gladys Mitchell
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series = Mrs Bradley
| genre = Mystery
| publisher = Michael Joseph
| release_date = 1965
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| preceded_by =Death of a Delft Blue
| followed_by = The Croaking Raven
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Pageant of Murder is a 1965 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.Reilly p.1089 It is the thirty eighth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known character, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
Synopsis
The small town of Brayne not too far from Windsor is to be granted borough status. To celebrate this an ambitious local councillor decides to stage a historical pageant. However the death of the actor playing Falstaff, killed by a knife wound, leads to the arrival of Mrs Bradley to investigate.
References
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Bibliography
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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Category:Novels by Gladys Mitchell
Category:British mystery novels
Category:British thriller novels
Category:Novels set in England
Category:British detective novels
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