The Great Gladys

On Philip Larkin, a reptilian sleuth with a mellifluous voice, and a small amount of witchcraft.

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Special thanks today to my guest Lee Randall. You can follow her on Twitter @randallwrites and read her writing about Gladys Mitchell here.

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Books and sources:

—"Rediscovering Gladys Mitchell" by Lee Randall on Bookslut

—"Open that window, Miss Menzies" by Patricia Craig in the London Review of Books

—Philip Larkin on Gladys Mitchell in the Observer

—On the Philip Larkin Collection in the British Library

—Interview with Gladys Mitchell by B.A. Pike in the Armchair Detective, October 1976

—Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

—Brought to Book: Philip Larkin and His Bibliographer by B.C. Bloomfield

—Here Lies Gloria Mundy by Gladys Mitchell

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

—When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell

—Printer's Error by Gladys Mitchell

—Brazen Tongue by Gladys Mitchell

—Sleuth's Alchemy by Gladys Mitchell

—Nest of Vipers by Gladys Mitchell

—Here Comes a Chopper by Gladys Mitchell

—Hangman's Curfew by Gladys Mitchell

—Spotted Hemlock by Gladys Mitchell

—Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell

—The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop by Gladys Mitchell

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