| The Rising of the Moon | |
| Author: | Gladys Mitchell |
| Cover Artist: | A. E. Barlow |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mrs Bradley |
| Genre: | Mystery |
| Publisher: | Michael Joseph |
| Release Date: | 1945 |
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| Preceded By: | My Father Sleeps |
| Followed By: | Here Comes a Chopper |
The Rising of the Moon is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the eighteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] It has been described as one of the best of Mitchell's novels.[3]
In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries starring Diana Rigg.
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.