Death and the Maiden

First edition
Author	Gladys Mitchell
Language	English
Series	Mrs Bradley
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Michael Joseph
Publication date	1947
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Here Comes a Chopper
Followed by	The Dancing Druids

Death and the Maiden is a 1947 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell.^[1] It is the twentieth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.^[2]

Near Winchester in Hampshire, a water nymph is reported to have been spotted in the River Itchen. Basing herself in a hotel in the historic city, Mrs Bradley investigates rumours that two boys found dead in the river had been lured to their deaths by the nymph.

• Klein, Kathleen Gregory. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press, 1994.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

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