The Rising of the Moon (novel)

The Rising of the Moon is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.Klein p.231 It is the eighteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 It has been described as one of the best of Mitchell's novels.Hanson p.176

In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries starring Diana Rigg.

Synopsis The arrival of a travelling circus enlivens the life of a sleepy English village, particularly when one of the female tightrope walkers is found dead. The killing of a second victim, a barmaid, again when the moon is shining brightly suggests that there may be a lunatic at large.

References

Bibliography Hanson, Gillian Mary. City and Shore: The Function of Setting in the British Mystery. McFarland, 2015. Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.