
葛蘭蒂.米契爾(二)系列主角-碧翠絲.布雷德利女爵士
碧翠絲.布雷德利女爵士(Dame Beatrice Bradley)是葛蘭蒂.米契爾筆下最著名的偵探,她是一位執業的精神病醫生,同時也是官方的諮詢顧問,以她生活的年代來說,這種受過高等教育的女性專業人士可說是鳳毛麟角,她的年紀很大,身型瘦小,手指細瘦如爪,穿著怪異,曾有過三次婚姻,兒子則有好幾個,有傳聞說她是女巫的後代,這或許與她經手的案件總脫不了超自然現象有關,不過這樣一個看來讓人害怕的人物卻讓周遭的人對她都很愛戴.
這個系列最大的特色是故事場景(孤島洞穴或是廢墟)和人物設定(尼斯湖水怪或是巫婆)突破舊有傳統,解謎方式則是運用心理分析、直覺和推論得來,一般而言,早期的作品精彩度較高,後期的作品則趨於公式化.
這個系列一共有六十六個長篇及七個短篇.
長篇
(1)《The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop》(1929)
(2)《Speedy Death》(1929)
(3)《The Longer Bodies》(1930)
(4)《The Saltmarsh Murders》(1932)
(5)《Death at the Opera》(1934)
(其他標題:《Death in the Wet》)
(6)《The Devil at Saxon Wall》(1935)
(7)《Dead Men’s Morris》(1936)
(8)《Come Away, Death》(1937)
(9)《St. Peter’s Finger》(1938)
(10)《Printer’s Error》(1939)
(11)《Brazen Tongue》(1940)
(12)《Hangman’s Curfew》(1941)
(13)《When Last I Died》(1941)
(14)《Laurels Are Poison》(1942)
(15)《Sunset Over Soho》(1943)
(16)《The Worsted Viper》(1943)
(17)《My Father Sleeps》(1944)
(18)《The Rising of the Moon》(1945)
(19)《Here Comes a Chopper》(1946)
(20)《Death and the Maiden》(1947)
(21)《The Dancing Druids》(1948)
(22)《Tom Brown’s Body》(1949)
(23)《Groaning Spinney》(1950)
(24)《The Devil’s Elbow》(1951)
(25)《The Echoing Strangers》(1952)
(26)《Merlin’s Furlong》(1953)
(27)《Faintley Speaking》(1954)
(28)《Watson’s Choice》(1955)
(29)《Twelve Horses and the Hangman’s Noos》(1956)
(30)《The Twenty-Third Man》(1957)
(31)《Spotted Hemlock》(1958)
(32)《The Man Who Grew Tomatoes》(1959)
(33)《Say It with Flowers》(1960)
(34)《The Nodding Canaries》(1961)
(35)《My Bones Will Keep》(1962)
(36)《Adders on the Heath》(1963)
(37)《Death of a Delft Blue》(1964)
(38)《Pageant of Murder》(1965)
(39)《The Croaking Raven》(1966)
(40)《Skeleton Island》(1967)
(41)《Three Quick and Five Dead》(1968)
(42)《Dance to Your Daddy》(1969)
(43)《Gory Dew》(1970)
(44)《Lament for Leto》(1971)
(45)《A Hearse on May-Day》(1972)
(46)《The Murder of Busy Lizzie》(1973)
(47)《A Javelin for Jonah》(1974)
(48)《Winking at the Brim》(1974)
(49)《Convent on Styx》(1975)
(50)《Late, Late in the Evening》(1976)
(51)《Fault in the Structure》(1977)
(52)《Noonday and Night》(1977)
(53)《Mingled with Venom》(1978)
(54)《Wraiths and Changelings》(1978)
(55)《The Mudflats of the Dead》(1979)
(56)《Nest of Vipers》(1979)
(57)《Uncoffin’d Clay》(1980)
(58)《The Whispering Knights》(1980)
(59)《The Death-Cap Dancers》(1981)
(60)《Lovers, Make Moan》(1981)
(61)《Death of a Burrowing Mole》(1982)
(62)《Here Lies Gloria Mundy》(1982)
(63)《Cold, Lone and Still》(1983)
(64)《The Greenstone Griffins》(1983)
(65)《The Crozier Pharaohs》(1984)
(66)《No Winding-Sheet》(1984)
短篇
(1)〈The Case of the Hundred Cats〉
(The Evening Standard,1936年8月17日)
(2)〈Daisy Bell〉
(Detective Stories of Today,1940年)
(3)〈Strangers’ Hall〉
(The Evening Standard,1950年1月17日)
(4)〈A Light on Murder〉
(The Evening Standard,1950年2月15日)
(5)〈Rushy Glen〉
(The Evening Standard,1950年6月5日)
(6)〈Juniper Gammon〉
(The Evening Standard,1950年6月14日)
(7)〈The Spell〉
(The Evening Standard,1952年6月14日)


