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Groaning Spinney is a 1950 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty third in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It was later republished under the title of Murder in the Snow. Synopsis
Jul 19, 2022 · "Groaning Spinney is a 1950 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty third in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley. It was later republished under the title of Murder in the Snow."
Upon settling in, the psychiatrist soon hears the story of a local apparition: the ghost of a country parson, it is said, can sometimes be seen at night slung over the gate leading to a grouping of trees called Groaning Spinney.
In Groaning Spinney, the creation of a snow-covered winter village and its emergence into springtime life and vitality provides the story with a vivid, picturesque seasonal backdrop.
Groaning Spinney. Gladys Mitchell. 3.09. 784 ratings108 reviews. It was a moonless night, fine and rather cold. There was no path to follow, but, ahead of her, and looming against the sky, she could just make out the trees of Groaning Spinney.
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A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Christmas in the Cotswolds brings with it the apparition of a country parson, a series of poison pen letters, and a woman's body frozen in the snow.
Mar 4, 2014 · Upon settling in, the psychiatrist soon hears the story of a local apparition: the ghost of a country parson, it is said, can sometimes be seen at night slung over the gate leading to a grouping of trees called Groaning Spinney.
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