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'A particular favourite' (Andrew Taylor )
'Miss Silver is marvellous' (Daily Mail )
'. . . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery' (Alfred Hitchcock magazine )
'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' (Manchester Evening News )
'Miss Wentworth is a first rate story-teller' (Daily Telegraph )
'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver' (Observer )
'Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying' (The Scotsman )
'Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything' (Paula Gosling )
'Miss Silver is marvellous' (Daily Mail )
'. . . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery' (Alfred Hitchcock magazine )
'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' (Manchester Evening News )
'Miss Wentworth is a first rate story-teller' (Daily Telegraph )
'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver' (Observer )
'Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying' (The Scotsman )
'Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything' (Paula Gosling )
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'Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Miss Silver is asked to investigate when Roger Pilgrim is the victim of two unexplained accidents either of which could have killed him. Frank Abbot - Scotland Yard detective - tries to dissuade his friend Judy Eliot from taking up employment as a parlour maid at Roger's house, Pilgrim's Rest. There have been several unexplained deaths and disappearances connected with the house in the last few years and it seems as though the house carries its own bad luck.
There will be several more suspicious deaths before the local police - headed by Randall March an erstwhile pupil of Miss Silver's - manage to work out who is responsible. Miss Silver meanwhile keeps her own counsel and continues to knit imperturbably, smiling enigmatically when the police fail to see what is under their noses.
I really enjoy the Miss Silver books because they are based on character and motivation rather than excessive violence. Miss Silver is very good at spotting the details that others miss and of course as an elderly lady she is able to fade into the background and be overlooked by everyone - including the murderer. This book is well up Patricia Wentworth's high standard of writing and I thoroughly recommend it.
There will be several more suspicious deaths before the local police - headed by Randall March an erstwhile pupil of Miss Silver's - manage to work out who is responsible. Miss Silver meanwhile keeps her own counsel and continues to knit imperturbably, smiling enigmatically when the police fail to see what is under their noses.
I really enjoy the Miss Silver books because they are based on character and motivation rather than excessive violence. Miss Silver is very good at spotting the details that others miss and of course as an elderly lady she is able to fade into the background and be overlooked by everyone - including the murderer. This book is well up Patricia Wentworth's high standard of writing and I thoroughly recommend it.
5 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is so great to see all these old Miss Silver novels back in print with such seductive new covers too, well done Hodder for finding these brilliant retro images. This is a classic from the 1940s with all kinds of wrong doings going on at an old house swathed in mist in the middle of the country. The characters are reliably written by Miss Wentworth and,as ever Miss Silver points the police in the right direction. This one has enough twists and turns and corpses to keep any mystery reader happy
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Murder in wartime Britain
15 Aug 2000
Format:Hardcover
An old house with a curse on it--people dying left and right--but what really stuck in my mind was the picture of the young woman left alone to care for her preschool niece, after the child's parents were killed in an air raid.
As usual in Miss Silver books, there are nice people and nasty ones, and the nice ones don't suddenly turn around and murder for gain--which I must say, is a bit more realistic than some other mystery writers' books. And Miss Silver knits busily, picking up the strands of the case with as much ease as the yarn on her needles. Amazing how soothing a murder can be.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Murder in War Time Britain-- Miss Silver to the Rescue
9 Feb 2004
Format:Hardcover
The Pilgrims have not been having a good War. Pilgrim Pater was killed in a riding accident while his son Roger was overseas and just after he had broke the entail to sell his white elephant of a house, Pilgrim's Rest. Captain Jerome is a semi-invalid due to his psychological response to the wounds he received at Dunkirk-- thank goodness for his devoted nurse who tries so hard to keep him from becoming excited. Nephew Henry Clayton who had worked for the Information Ministry disappeared on the eve of his wedding to a local heiress between the time he was observed leaving his house and the front door of his fiance's house a few dozen yards away. Jack was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore and his fate is unknown.
When Roger comes home to Pilgrim's Rest to wind up his father's affairs though, he barely escapes two nearly fatal accidents that might have been attempts on his life. On the advice of an old friend who works for Scotland Yard he asks Miss Silver to come to his home and investigate the situation there. Miss Silver, of course, is only too delighted.
There's lots of stuff crammed this mystery which keeps the interest. However, there are some negatives including an overly precious child. The darling Penny talks in a way I can't imagine even British WWII toddlers talking, lisping adorable little things as she charms one and all. She luckily is removed a safe place about half way through the book.
Finally, the resolution of the plot relies way too much on intuition, coincidence, and a villain who can't keep quiet. Of course the villain sticks out a mile as well.
However, if you like British cozies where spinster detectives knit jumpers and socks as she searchs for clues and is always one step ahead of the police then grab this one.
Very good
14 April 2012
Format:Hardcover
Miss Silver is asked to investigate when Roger Pilgrim is the victim of two unexplained accidents either of which could have killed him. Frank Abbot - Scotland Yard detective - tries to dissuade his friend Judy Eliot from taking up employment as a parlour maid at Roger's house, Pilgrim's Rest. There have been several unexplained deaths and disappearances connected with the house in the last few years and it seems as though the house carries its own bad luck.
There will be several more suspicious deaths before the local police - headed by Randall March an erstwhile pupil of Miss Silver's - manage to work out who is responsible. Miss Silver meanwhile keeps her own counsel and continues to knit imperturbably, smiling enigmatically when the police fail to see what is under their noses.
I really enjoy the Miss Silver books because they are based on character and motivation rather than excessive violence. Miss Silver is very good at spotting the details that others miss and of course as an elderly lady she is able to fade into the background and be overlooked by everyone - including the murderer. This book is well up Patricia Wentworth's high standard of writing and I thoroughly recommend it.
There will be several more suspicious deaths before the local police - headed by Randall March an erstwhile pupil of Miss Silver's - manage to work out who is responsible. Miss Silver meanwhile keeps her own counsel and continues to knit imperturbably, smiling enigmatically when the police fail to see what is under their noses.
I really enjoy the Miss Silver books because they are based on character and motivation rather than excessive violence. Miss Silver is very good at spotting the details that others miss and of course as an elderly lady she is able to fade into the background and be overlooked by everyone - including the murderer. This book is well up Patricia Wentworth's high standard of writing and I thoroughly recommend it.
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