Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.

[1] It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

[2] An overhead phone conversation from a Miss Faintley draws a struggling author into a mystery involving a parcel drop that leads to murder of Faintley, a seemingly respectable schoolteacher.

Mrs Bradley investigates the case, involving a gang of smugglers, through her devoted secretary Laura who goes undercover.

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