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.
pageant, murder, 1965, mystery, detective, novel, british, writer, gladys, mitchell, thirty, eighth, long, running, series, books, featuring, mitchell, best, known, character, psychoanalyst, amateur, detective, bradley, first, editionauthorgladys, mitchellcoun. Pageant of Murder is a 1965 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell 1 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 Pageant of MurderFirst editionAuthorGladys MitchellCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesMrs BradleyGenreMysteryPublisherMichael JosephPublication date1965Media typePrintPreceded byDeath of a Delft Blue Followed byThe Croaking Raven Synopsis editThe 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 edit Reilly p 1089Bibliography editReilly John M Twentieth Century Crime amp Mystery Writers Springer 2015 nbsp This article about a mystery novel of the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pageant of Murder amp oldid 1110702818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
