- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (18 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340688963
- ISBN-13: 978-0340688960
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 365,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller’ (Daily Telegraph )
‘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 )
‘...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery’ (Alfred Hitchcock Magazine )
‘Miss Silver is marvellous’ (Daily Mail )
‘You can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver.’ (Observer )
‘Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot’ (Manchester Evening News )
‘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 )
‘...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery’ (Alfred Hitchcock Magazine )
‘Miss Silver is marvellous’ (Daily Mail )
‘You can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver.’ (Observer )
‘Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot’ (Manchester Evening News )
Publishers Weekly
'A story as majestic and fertile as its setting'
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Patricia Wentworth writes gentle mystery stories, based on her private detective, Miss Silver. Unlike Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Miss Silver is a professional - albeit an unlikely one. As an ex-governess, she understands people, and they seem to confide in her. As luck would have it, a Scotland Yard detective was one of her pupils when she reigned over the schoolroom, and when they meet on a case, she usually manages to solve the mystery! Her books are set in or just after World War 2, and the incidental details in the books reflect the way life was then.
In this book, Miss Silver is called in by a Miss Paine, who has "overheard" a conversation between two men in an art gallery. They had thought that they were far enough away not to be overheard - they did not realise that Miss Paine was stone deaf, but could lip read perfectly. When she finds out that the gallery attendant has inadvertently told them this, she is concerned enough to involve Miss Silver - and when she is the victim of a "hit and run" accident, it begins to look as if she was right to be worried.
If you enjoy modern mystery stories that provide graphic descriptions of blood and gore, Patricia Wentworth's books will not be for you. If, on the other hand, you enjoy classic mysteries with well-drawn characters, and maybe just a hint of the darker side of life, then I recommend that you give her a try.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Miss Paulina Paine is very good at lip-reading. She `overheard' a conversation in an art gallery about a crime being planned. When she finds out that the gallery attendant has told the men having the conversation who she is and that she can lip read she decides to talk to Miss Maud Silver - who urges her to speak to the police about it. Miss Paine then becomes a victim herself and a few days later a man is murdered after he has collected a valuable diamond necklace from a bank. Miss Silver is asked to help unravel the mystery and the police are interested in what she can find out as well.
This is an interesting story with characters and motives enough to satisfy anyone. A few days in a country house with an ill assorted collection of people soon produces some exciting and dangerous happenings as well as enough information for Miss Silver to unravel the case - ably assisted by Scotland Yard detective Frank Abbot.
I found once I'd started reading this story I had to keep going because I needed to know who was the murderer. The characters and dialogue are believable and interesting. I love the way Miss Silver uncovers the characters' motivations and their lies and half truths. When the facts are uncovered it's easy to see how the reader and the characters have been misled. If you want a crime novel without the graphic violence which is too common in modern crime stories then try Patricia Wentworth.
This is an interesting story with characters and motives enough to satisfy anyone. A few days in a country house with an ill assorted collection of people soon produces some exciting and dangerous happenings as well as enough information for Miss Silver to unravel the case - ably assisted by Scotland Yard detective Frank Abbot.
I found once I'd started reading this story I had to keep going because I needed to know who was the murderer. The characters and dialogue are believable and interesting. I love the way Miss Silver uncovers the characters' motivations and their lies and half truths. When the facts are uncovered it's easy to see how the reader and the characters have been misled. If you want a crime novel without the graphic violence which is too common in modern crime stories then try Patricia Wentworth.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
All I can say is the book arrived in good time as it was sent to a relative and I haven't seen it.
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