Faintley Speaking

Faintley Speaking is a 1954 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the twenty seventh in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.

Synopsis
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.