This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. The Clever Mrs Straithwaite is one of the classic Max Carrados detective mysteries. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School when sixteen years old to go into the farming business. Bramah found commercial and critical success with his...