Crime writing's best-kept secret Scotsman The Great Gladys -- Philip Larkin Mrs. Bradley faces one of her most difficult cases to date, one that will keep readers guessing until the very end... Next Read From the Back Cover When Mrs Bradley s grandson finds an old diary in her rented cottage it attracts the interest of this most unconventional of detectives, for the book s now deceased owner was once suspected of the murders of both her aunt and cousin. Does the missing diary finally reveal what happened to old Aunt Flora? Is the case of Bella Foxley really closed? And what happened to the boys from the local reformatory who went missing at the same time? As events unfold, Mrs.