The Scold’s Bridle

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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