Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.Klein p.231 It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089
Synopsis An overhead phone conversation from a Miss Faintley draws a struggling author into a mystery involving a parcel drop that leads to murder of Faintley, a seemingly respectable schoolteacher. Mrs Bradley investigates the case, involving a gang of smugglers, through her devoted secretary Laura who goes undercover.
References
Bibliography Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.