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.

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