My father sleeps cover

My father sleeps

by Gladys Mitchell

Mrs. Bradley, consulting psychatrist to the Home Office, is in the Scottish Highlands with her secretary and assorted relations when they become involved a very complicated mystery. Mistaken identities, long-lost siblings, echoes of several old murders and a couple of new ones all combine to send the members of the party rushing around the Highlands by land and sea. Huge distances are covered at unlikely speed, many famous landmarks are name-checked and Mrs. Bradley sorts everything out at the end.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?