 First edition | |
| Author | Gladys Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Kenneth Farnhill |
| Language | English |
| Series | Mrs Bradley |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
| Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose |
| Followed by | Spotted Hemlock |
The Twenty-Third Man is a 1957 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the thirtieth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known creation, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.
Synopsis
Dame Beatrice Bradley is on holiday in the Canary Islands, staying on a smaller island famous for his cave where the bodies of twenty three mummified ancient kings are buried. However Karl Emden, one of the tourists, on the island appears as a twenty fourth corpse in the cave. Dame Beatrice begins to investigate the passengers who arrived with her, suspecting one of them is the killer.
References
- Reilly p.1089
- Magill p.1235
Bibliography
- Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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