| Tom Brown's Body | |
| Author: | Gladys Mitchell |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mrs Bradley |
| Genre: | Mystery |
| Publisher: | Michael Joseph |
| Release Date: | 1949 |
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| Preceded By: | The Dancing Druids |
| Followed By: | Groaning Spinney |
Tom Brown's Body is a 1949 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] [2] It is the twenty second in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[3] The title refers to both the novel Tom Brown's School Days and the song John Brown's Body. Mitchell had previously used a school setting for her earlier work Death at the Opera.
In the countryside searching for a book by one of her ancestors on witchcraft, Mrs Bradley acquires it from a local witch. However, a murder of one of the schoolmasters at the nearby boarding school draws her interest, particularly as it appears to be linked with witchcraft.