''The Worsted Viper'' is a 1943 detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. It is the fifteenth in her long-running series featuring the

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and amateur detective Mrs Bradley.Reilly p.1089 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. 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.

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* 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. 1943 British novels Novels by Gladys Mitchell British crime novels British mystery novels British thriller novels Novels set in Norfolk British detective novels British novels adapted into television shows Michael Joseph books {{1940s-mystery-novel-stub