Book description
‘There’s something wrong in Upfold that ought to be put right.’
Who first cast Celia Wainwright in the role of Witch of Upfold, that
little village in the Sussex Weald? And how and why did she disappear
one night in 1953? What was the connection between her and young Julian
Farnham, and why, on the day after she disappeared, did her husband
suddenly leave their home at Mulberry Cottage never to return? What, in
fact, is the mystery of Mulberry Cottage? Why did it remain empty for
nearly ten years? And the rumours-those whispers of witchcraft and
murder-are they all true? Josephine Bell was born Doris Bell Collier
in Manchester, England. Between 1910 and 1916 she studied at Godolphin
School, then trained at Newnham College, Cambridge until 1919. At the
University College Hospital in London she was granted M. R.C. S. and L.
R.C. P. in 1922, and a M. B. B. S. in 1924.
Bell was also a prolific author, writing forty-three novels and
numerous uncollected short stories during a forty-five year period.
Many of her short stories appeared in the London Evening Standard
. Using her pen name she wrote numerous detective novels beginning in
1936, and she was well-known for her medical mysteries. Her early books
featured the fictional character Dr. David Wintringham who worked at
Research Hospital in London as a junior assistant physician. She helped
found the Crime Writers' Association in 1953 and served as chair during
1959-60.
