Speedy Death is a 1929 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It introduced the character of Mrs Bradley who would go on to appear in a further sixty five novels. The title is sometimes written as A Speedy Death.
It was loosely adapted for an episode of the 1998 television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries.
Psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley investigates the case of a famous explorer who has died while taking a bath at a country house gathering.