Death of a Delft Blue

Death of a Delft Blue is a 1964 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the thirty seventh in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known character, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

Death of a Delft Blue
First edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1964
Media typePrint
Preceded byAdders on the Heath 
Followed byPageant of Murder 

Synopsis

While attending a conference in the Netherlands, Mrs Bradley encounters an eccentric Dutch family including a young woman under pressure to marry her cousin, to the outrage of her handsome brother Florian. While Florian is sitting for a portrait commissioned by his aunt in which he is holding a delft blue object, he disappears. He subsequently reappears in the British Peak District in North Derbyshire. Shortly afterwards to local barmaids die after eating poisoned chocolates which may have been intended for Florian.

References
  1. Reilly p.1089

Bibliography
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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