Disturbing mystery with a unique murder weapon.
Recommended for fans of suspenseful British crime dramas. The Scold's Bridle portrays a gripping and tantalizing mystery, set in an English countryside manor. With a unique and disturbing murder weapon, this book will keep readers on the edge of their seat as they follow the investigation into Mathilda Gillespie's death. The author has skilfully created an atmosphere of menace that is sure to captivate fans of suspenseful British crime dramas.
ISBN: 9781447208099
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $20.43
Authors:
Minette Walters
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Date of Publication: 2012-03-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 9944 readers)
Description
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the YearI wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key. Jenny Spede has disturbed them again . . . What does she make, I wonder, of an old woman, deformed by arthritis, stripping naked for a young man? The pills worry me more. Ten is such a round number to be missing . . .Mathilda Gillespie's body was found nearly two days after she had taken an overdose and slashed her wrists with a Stanley knife. But what shocked Dr Sarah Blakeney the most was the scold's bridle obscuring the dead woman's face, a metal contraption grotesquely adorned with a garland of nettles and Michaelmas daisies. What happened at Cedar House in the tortured hours before Mathilda's death?The police assume that the coroner will * a verdict of suicide. Only Dr Blakeney, it seems, doubts the verdict. Until it is discovered that Mathilda's diaries have disappeared . . .'An atmosphere of tantalizing, overpowering menace . . . The tradition of the English whodunnit has passed into the safe hands and dangerous imagination of Minette Walters' The Times
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