The Scold's Bridle: A NovelWinner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award Dr. Sarah Blakeney is one of very few mourners when her grumpy old patient, Mathilda Gillespie, dies at home in the bathtub, apparently of suicide. The old woman has taken barbiturates, slit her wrists, and bound her head in a rusted contraption called a scold's bridle, a cage with tongue clamps used to torture women in the Middle Ages. The police start to suspect homicide right around the time they learn that Sarah has been generously included in the dead woman's will. When she becomes the prime suspect in the murder, it's up to Sarah to delve into the bizarre details of Mathilda's private life, a history of greed, abuse, and depravity, and uncover the real killer. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 31 |
Section 4 | 49 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 85 |
Section 7 | 101 |
Section 8 | 119 |
Section 12 | 191 |
Section 13 | 209 |
Section 14 | 227 |
Section 15 | 247 |
Section 16 | 261 |
Section 17 | 281 |
Section 18 | 301 |
Section 19 | 323 |