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Language
  
English

ISBN
  
0-330-33663-0

Originally published
  
6 May 1994

Country
  
United Kingdom

Preceded by
  
The Sculptress

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Pages
  
480 pp (paperback)

OCLC
  
60224582

Author
  
Minette Walters

Publisher
  
Pan Books

Genres
  
Crime Fiction, Mystery

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Publication date
  
May 6, 1994 (1994-05-06)

Media type
  
Print (hardcover, paperback) & Audio CD

Similar
  
Minette Walters books, Crime Fiction books

The Scold's Bridle (1994) is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The book, Walters' third, won a CWA Gold Dagger.

Contents

Synopsis

Mathilda Gillespie, an eccentric recluse known for her incredible meanness of nature, is found dead in her bathtub, her wrists slashed and her head locked inside a so-called 'scold's bridle', a rusted cage built with tongue clamps which was used as a torture device throughout the middle ages. The dead woman's only friend, Dr. Sarah Blakeney, becomes prime suspect in her murder after police discover that she's been left a great deal of money in the will.

To clear her name, Sarah delves deep into Mathilda's mysterious past, and subsequently unravels an intricate web of greed, abuse and depravity.

Television adaptation

In 1998, The Scold's Bridle was adapted for television by the BBC. It was directed by David Thacker from a screenplay written by Tony Bicât; producer Chris Parr, editor St John O'Rorke, music Junior Campbell.

the cast included:

References

The Scold's Bridle Wikipedia