The Case of William Smith (A Miss Silver Mystery)
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'Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller' (Daily Telegraph )
'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' (Manchester Evening News )
'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver' (Observer )
'Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying' (The Scotsman )
'Miss Silver is marvellous' (Daily Mail )
'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' (Manchester Evening News )
'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver' (Observer )
'Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying' (The Scotsman )
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
William Smith suffers from amnesia and also from often being pushed into the path of oncoming cars - ideas for plots frequently exploited in films and crime novels of this book's vintage, 1950. Who is doing the pushing, a man or a woman? Who is William Smith who has lost his memory?
Knitting together more coincidences than there are stitches on Miss Silver's knitting needles, Patricia Wentworth ravels out solutions to these mysteries in one of her most appealing crime novels. Miss Silver conducts investigations, coughing politely, always preferring "do not" to "don't" and advising and cautioning here and there. Dispensing coffee and cakes by the fire she explains all at the end.
Diana Bishop's warm, mellow reading of this novel was released in audio book form during 2006.
Knitting together more coincidences than there are stitches on Miss Silver's knitting needles, Patricia Wentworth ravels out solutions to these mysteries in one of her most appealing crime novels. Miss Silver conducts investigations, coughing politely, always preferring "do not" to "don't" and advising and cautioning here and there. Dispensing coffee and cakes by the fire she explains all at the end.
Diana Bishop's warm, mellow reading of this novel was released in audio book form during 2006.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first Miss Silver book I read and it prompted me to search for others. Now there are more books available which is great but this is still my favorite. The suspense and atmosphere are incredible and this book is a must for Miss Silver fans. The romance is sweet but not sickly and the characterisation is wonderful.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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William Smith makes his living by making and selling wooden toys. He knows he is not really William Smith but that is the name he was given when he lost his memory following a head wound during the war.
Katherine Eversley needs a job and asks if there are any vacancies at the shop where William works and is immediately taken on. William is saved from being murdered by Frank Abbot who recognises him as someone he has met before and he automatically addresses him as Bill without remembering who exactly is. Frank is intrigued enough to talk to Miss Silver about `Bill' and William and his loss of memory.
What follows is a complex and fascinating plot. The suspense is very well done and keeps you guessing until close to the end. The love interest is well done and not sentimental and the characters are interesting with some particularly unpleasant ones as well as those you'd quite like to meet such as William and Katherine.
If you have not read any Miss Silver mysteries then this would be an excellent one to start with as it shows Patricia Wentworth at her best - complicated plot, Miss Silver unravelling the mystery in her own inimitable way and interesting characters
Katherine Eversley needs a job and asks if there are any vacancies at the shop where William works and is immediately taken on. William is saved from being murdered by Frank Abbot who recognises him as someone he has met before and he automatically addresses him as Bill without remembering who exactly is. Frank is intrigued enough to talk to Miss Silver about `Bill' and William and his loss of memory.
What follows is a complex and fascinating plot. The suspense is very well done and keeps you guessing until close to the end. The love interest is well done and not sentimental and the characters are interesting with some particularly unpleasant ones as well as those you'd quite like to meet such as William and Katherine.
If you have not read any Miss Silver mysteries then this would be an excellent one to start with as it shows Patricia Wentworth at her best - complicated plot, Miss Silver unravelling the mystery in her own inimitable way and interesting characters
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