The Worsted Viper

The Worsted Viper is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.[1] It is the fifteenth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.[2] Bradley was one of a number of investigators active during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Much of the novel takes place on the Norfolk Broads.

The Worsted Viper
First edition
AuthorGladys Mitchell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMrs Bradley
GenreDetective
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1943
Media typePrint
Preceded byLaurels Are Poison 
Followed bySunset Over Soho 

In 2000 it was adapted for an episode of the television series The Mrs Bradley Mysteries starring Diana Rigg.

Synopsis

When three of her former students on a boating holiday in Norfolk discover a body in a cottage, they call in the assistance of Mrs Bradley.

References

  1. Klein p.231
  2. Reilly p.1089

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.


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