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Patricia Wentworth
Rachel Traherne thought Miss Silver couldn’t possibly help her with her desperate situation, though the small former governess did have a way of making Rachel feel safe and secure -…
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A classic golden age mystery, and the twenty-second book in the hugely popular Miss Silver series.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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A Marriage Under The Terror is a historical romance novel written by Patricia Wentworth and published in 1910. Set during the French Revolution, the story follows the life of a…
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A golden age mystery novel, first published in 1925.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Jane Smith is a feisty young woman but looks a lot like her dear cousin Renata Molloy. One day, while sleepwalking, Molloy reaches where she shouldn’t-in the den of Number…
The Devil's Wind is a novel written by Patricia Wentworth and first published in 1912. The story follows the life of a young woman named Joan Carew who is forced…
A golden age mystery novel, first published in 1923.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an…
Dora Amy Elles (15 October 1877 - 28 January 1961), who wrote as Patricia Wentworth, was a British crime fiction writer.
She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India (then the…
Originally published: London: A. Melrose, 1912.
The Fire Within is the first novel by Patricia Wentworth, the pseudonym of Dora Amy Elles, a British author. Best known for her series of crime fiction novels featuring Miss…
A Marriage Under The Terror is a historical romance novel written by Patricia Wentworth in 1910. The story is set in France during the Reign of Terror, a period of…
A Miss Silver mystery
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They hoped he would never come back … classic crime in stunning new livery.
A Silver mystery, in which the amateur detective is called upon to solve the mystery of the murder of a bossy and bullying member of a family, one who had…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
Hired to investigate the disappearance of the governess of the three Craddock children at Deepe House, Miss Silver assumes the young woman’s vacant position. With time running out and the…
When the quiet village of Tilling Green is plagued by an outbreak of poison pen letters, and then a mysterious suicide, Scotland Yard dispatches Miss Silver to investigate.
Invited to live with two great-aunts, the Misses Cara and Olivia Benevent, Candida Sayle has no home and accepts. But the offer takes on a eerie quality when the aunt…
A pacy, enjoyable mystery from the 1920s, of the Golden Age genre, with a sweet gutsy heroine and a hero of the manly staunch type, and plenty of chases and…
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A Miss Silver mystery.
Another case for Miss Silver - sock-knitting sleuth extraordinaire Adriana Ford, a former actress, has always enjoyed being the focus of attention. Until, that is, that focus seems to be…
James Cray was always a cruel man … classic crime from one of the queens of the genre, in stunning new packaging
Miss Silver is confronted by a puzzle of love and double murder.
Martin Brand’s relatives are furious that he’s left his large estate to his niece, Marion, whom he had only met once. And Marion is upset that she has to share…
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