Patricia Wentworth

Grey Mask

When James Lessiter returns to London to claim his family estate and is found bludgeoned to death, Miss Silver must investigate numerous suspects, including a jilted girlfriend, an angry husband, and a widow, to discover which suspect had the urge to murder. Reissue.

Miss Silver Comes to Stay

Laura Fane comes into her inheritance and travels to war-torn London to meet with her solicitors. She is invited to a house party at the family estate by a charmingly poisonous cousin. There Laura falls in love with a wounded RAF pilot, but love is short-lived when murder and secrets from the past intervene. Originally published by Lippincott in 1943.

The Chinese Shawl

The Case is Closed

Elderly patriarch James Paradine is murdered on New Year's Eve after confronting a relative and demanding a confession, and the redoubtable Miss Maud Silver is charged with identifying a killer among several suspects. Reissue.

The Clock Strikes Twelve

Erskine Caldwell

The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his uncle and has served a year of his sentence already. Or has he? The evidence against Geoffrey Grey is convincing but his wife believes in his innocence. And so does her young cousin, Hilary, who decides to solve the mystery herself. But when Hilary is nearly murdered she turns in desperation to her ex-fiance for help. Fortunately, he is acquainted with the singular Miss Silver, who is only too pleased to be asked to investigate.

A House in the Uplands

When Lila Dryden is discovered standing over her fiance's body with dagger in hand, Miss Silver is called in to investigate, only to discover Lila's sleepwalking patterns, the return of her former lover, and the victim's circle of acquaintances--all of whom occasionally wished him dead. Reissue.

Ivory Dagger, The

The Ivory Dagger

A Miss Silver Detective Novel

In the Balance

Where there's a will there's a motive for murder! Miss Silver solves this mystery written by one of the Queens of classic crime fiction.

Lonesome Road

Packed with mayhem, malice, and murder, Out of the Past finds the ever-popular Miss Maud Silver caught dead center in yet another intricate mystery. While the famed sleuth is visiting her niece during a short holiday on the Channel coast, the body of the ne'er-do-well Alan Field is found in a neighbor's beach house. Originally published in 1953.

Out of the Past

To the innocent visitor the picturesque village of Greenings would appear to be a haven of tranquility. But every place has its secrets and beneath the calm surface lurk hidden resentments and dangerous passions. When a man is found lying face down in a nearby watersplash, the verdict is death by misadventure. But Miss Silver happens to be in the neighbourhood and she suspects foul play . . .

The Watersplash

Le masque gris ; L'affaire est close ; Le chemin de la falaise

Les premieres enquetes de Miss Silver

Si vous n'êtes jamais entré chez Old England, si vous avez la confiture d'oranges amères en horreur, si Big Ben et Piccadilly Circus n'évoquent rien pour vous, bref, si vous trouvez Miss Marple nulle et que ses apparitions à la télévision vous ont laissé de marbre, gardez vous de lire les aventures de Miss Silver écrites par Patricia Wentworth. Si, au contraire, vous aimez l'atmosphère des salons de thé anglais, les romans de Barbara Pym et les aventures de frère Cadfael, alors ce livre et tous ceux qui composent la saga de cette autre reine du crime, Miss Maud Silver, compteront bientôt parmi vos livres de chevet favoris.

Miss Silver entre en scène

When Gay Harkwicke and her fiance+a7, Algy, investigate the mysterious Mr. Zero, who is blackmailing Gay's cousin, Algy ends up becoming the prime suspect in a messy murder, and Gay must find the true culprit. Reissue.

Mr. Zero

When Car Fairfax starts his mysterious new job, his sole duty seems to be to dine in expensive restaurants, but soon some odd coincidences and dangerous deceits open his eyes to the truth. Reissue.

Beggar's Choice

Immediately on her arrival at Ladies' House--a medieval manor house known by a sinister local legend as Ladies' Bane--Ione Muir realizes that all is not right with her newly married sister, Allegra. When it becomes obvious that Allegra is under the influence of narcotics, Miss Silver is called in to investigate the mysterious goings on at the frightening mansion. Originally published in 1952.

Ladies' Bane

When her fiance, Giles Armitage, disappears in a shipwreck, Meade Underwood asks Miss Silver to take on the case

Miss Silver Deals with Death

The famous stage actress Adriana Ford in her retirement is the head of a large household full of dependents. When a series of subtle yet suspicious accidents befalls her she contacts Miss Silver. During a large party, Ford is murdered and the next day her body is discovered lying in a silent pool of water in the garden.

The Silent Pool

Returning to her life in England after years of being assumed dead, Lady Anne Jocelyn begs her husband to give their marriage a chance to rekindle, but Sir Philip becomes suspicious after a series of murders. Reissue. K.

She Came Back

Martin Brand's relatives are furious that he's left his large estate to his niece, Marion, whom he had only met once. And Marion is upset that she has to share her new home with Martin's family. Then a body is found on the beach wearing her coat. Fortunately Miss Silver is on the scene.

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