- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: HarperPerennial; Reissue edition (Nov 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060923385
- ISBN-13: 978-0060923389
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,224,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver.' (The Observer )
‘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 )
‘Miss Silver is marvellous’ (Daily Mail )
‘...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery’ (Alfred Hitchcock Magazine ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
‘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 )
‘Miss Silver is marvellous’ (Daily Mail )
‘...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery’ (Alfred Hitchcock Magazine ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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For Althea Graham, suffering the whims of her malevolent invalid of a mother, the old family home is a prison. So when two strangely competitive offers for the Graham’s house are made to her it suggests that house may hold some dark rewarding secret.
Then old Mrs Graham is found murdered in the gazebo . . . --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Then old Mrs Graham is found murdered in the gazebo . . . --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Miss Wentworth parades her stock characters in yet another clever combination. Althea, condemned by her own compassion to stay tied to her selfish mother and renounce her lover, is released to love again by a death. Before she can enjoy her freedom and her man Scotland Yard takes its usual course of suspecting everyone in turn, and only being put right by the ever-coughing ever-knitting Miss Maud Silver "so providentially" in on the act. One hates to think how many innocents have been sent howling to the gallows by a complacent Inspector Lamb, on those cases when Miss Silver was not around to put him right.
This books (like all the Miss Silver stories)is infuriatingly compelling. One knows only too well what will happen in the end;, how the Misses Pym will behave; what the downtrodden wife of a bully will do (or not do); how a "nice chap" married to a gold-digger will respond; and yet - and yet - a very good read for all that.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Althea Graham has given up all hope of a life of her own because she feels duty bound to stay with her mother. Mrs Graham is possessive and selfish and uses her illness to get her own way in all things. Five years ago Nicholas Carey wanted to marry Thea, but was turned down because of her mother's supposed heart attack.
Now he has returned to the area and Mrs Graham is doing her best to drive a wedge between them again. Added to which two people are showing an alarming degree of interest in buying Thea's house which she has no intention of selling.
When Mrs Graham is found dead in the gazebo Miss Silver comes to stay with Althea and is soon helping Frank Abbot - from Scotland Yard - to find the murderer. This is a complex plot with several strands and some interesting characters and varied motivations. It kept me guessing until the last few chapters. In addition there is the question of whether Nicholas and Thea will eventually be able to marry. I would recommend this author to anyone who enjoys classic detective stories such as those written by Agatha Christie.
Now he has returned to the area and Mrs Graham is doing her best to drive a wedge between them again. Added to which two people are showing an alarming degree of interest in buying Thea's house which she has no intention of selling.
When Mrs Graham is found dead in the gazebo Miss Silver comes to stay with Althea and is soon helping Frank Abbot - from Scotland Yard - to find the murderer. This is a complex plot with several strands and some interesting characters and varied motivations. It kept me guessing until the last few chapters. In addition there is the question of whether Nicholas and Thea will eventually be able to marry. I would recommend this author to anyone who enjoys classic detective stories such as those written by Agatha Christie.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Miss Silver at work
7 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
Althea and her fiance Nicholas sure has it rough, when they finally thought they could go ahead with their wedding plans, a murder investigation stops them cold, and only Miss Silver could track down the real murderer behind the puzzling murder.
Very enjoyable, like many of the author's books. Besides the main mystery plot of the murder, the romance between Althea and Nicholas is sweet and poigant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Slightly dated but still good mystery
6 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Quite a few suspects and a nasty murder--but the victim was really asking for it. You will probably guess whodunnit, but there is still a lot of fun getting there. Good essence of time and place with the characters being well drawn. A little long, but a speedy reader can handle it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A long book for Miss Silver.
24 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback
Maybe I've been reading too many Miss Silver books lately, but I found this book long for the story that was being told. I also got tired of the wishy-washy women that Miss Silver comes across. Althea is lack-lustre character, and Mrs. Blount is almost too cowed to be believed. But there are other good characters in the book. The three Pimm sisters are quite wonderful (your typical English village busybodies). And there is Miss Silver and her dear friend Frank Abbot. A very tiresome woman is found dead in her summerhouse or gazebo, and it's up to Miss Silver to find out the real motive and the real killer. Kind of ho-hum actually, but some of the characters pull this book out of doldrums.
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