CLASSIC GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY PERFECT FOR FANS OF AGATHA CHRISTIEThe first wife died suddenly. Without Miss Silver’s help, the new bride may be about to meet a similar fate‘Ranks with the best of the golden-age detectives’ Daily MailMaud Silver, demure private eye, is on a train to London when a young woman in a state of shock bursts into her compartment. She is Lisle Jerningham, a newlywed with a fortune – which may be about to get her killed.Lisle explains that she fled her home in a hurry after overhearing a sinister conversation. Her new husband’s first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now, he’s broke again – and she fears he is attempting to engineer a second convenient mishap. Whether the widower is bent on a second murder or his young wife is being paranoid, no one is clear. But if Lisle is in danger, it is up to Miss Silver to find out.‘A first-rate storyteller’ Daily Telegraph‘You can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver’ Observer‘Miss Silver is marvellous’ Daily Mail‘Better than Miss Marple’ Mary Stewart‘A particular favourite’ Andrew Taylor ‘Miss Wentworth’s plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying’ Scotsman‘Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot’ Manchester Evening News

About the Author

Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls. After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.

ReviewsRanks with the best of the golden-age detectives – Daily Mail

A first-rate storyteller – Daily Telegraph

You can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver – Observer

Miss Silver is marvellous – Daily Mail

Better than Miss Marple

A particular favourite

Miss Wentworth’s plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying – Scotsman

Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot – Manchester Evening NewsBook InformationISBN 9781473673892Author Patricia WentworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hodder PaperbackPublisher Hodder & StoughtonWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm