The Longer Bodies is a 1930 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.Klein p.231 It is the third in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089
Synopsis In order to see which her relatives deserves to inherit her considerable fortune, an old lady stages a mini-Olympics in which they compete in various events. When the body of a local villager is found on the training grounds the police arrive, followed by the very persistent Mrs Bradley.
References
Bibliography Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994. Miskimmin, Esme. 100 British Crime Writers. Springer Nature, 2020. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.