Patricia Wentworth

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

Anna Adams

I remembered why I enjoy the Miss Silver mysteries. Love the period and the atmosphere. Love Miss Silver. I haven't read any of these in a really long time, but I was surprised that I knew the murderer before the murder was committed, and I'm bemused that Miss Silver is so professional about her work. I think I confuse her with the slightly more cuddly Miss Marple, which is a personal problem, not an actual critique!

Loved it, and I'm excited that I've been buying them as they become available, for just in case, because I have so many books to enjoy in this series!

James and Carmona Hardwick are spending the summer playing host to numerous friends and relatives in an old Hardwick family residence by the sea. The arrival of Alan Field, a devastatingly handsome though shady figure from Carmona's past, destroys the holiday atmosphere in the old house and replaces it with a mounting tension, culminating in murder. Fortunately, Miss Silver is present to unravel the complex mystery and seek out the murderer amongst them.

Out of the Past

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