The Twenty-Third Man is a 1957 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1][2] It is the thirtieth in the long-running series of books featuring Mitchell's best known creation, the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

The Twenty-Third Man
First edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
Cover artistKenneth Farnhill
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreMystery
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1957
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byTwelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose 
Followed bySpotted Hemlock 

Synopsis

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Dame Beatrice Bradley is on holiday in the Canary Islands, staying on a smaller island famous for his cave where the bodies of twenty three mummified ancient kings are buried. However Karl Emden, one of the tourists, on the island appears as a twenty fourth corpse in the cave. Dame Beatrice begins to investigate the passengers who arrived with her, suspecting one of them is the killer.

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.1089
  2. ^ Magill p.1235

Bibliography

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  • Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.