The Scold`s Bridle by Minette Walters

Synopsis

I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key Jenny Spede has disturbed them againWhat 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 missingMathilda 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 daisiesWhat happened at Cedar House in the tortured hours before Mathilda`s death? The police assume that the coroner will return 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 menaceThe tradition of the English whodunnit has passed into the safe hands and dangerous imagination of Minette Walters` - "The Times" --> Genre: Crime Mystery

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