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After making his fortune, James Lessiter returns to his home village to reclaim the family estate, but few of the villagers are happy to see his return. When he is found murdered, a number of suspects with various motives emerge. Luckily, Maud Silver, visiting an old friend in the village, is on hand to unravel the mystery...
Miss Silver is the creation of crime novelist Dora Amy Elles (1878-1961), better known as Patricia Wentworth. She is frequently compared to Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, another clever elderly spinster who considers the puzzles put before her while busily engaged with her knitting needles. However, Maud Silver, a former governess and teacher, is more of a professional, no-nonsense character, often working closely with Scotland Yard.
Wentworth wrote 32 Miss Silver mysteries, as well as 34 other books, many of them standalone mystery novels. Most of her books are available in our Patricia Wentworth Special Collection. If you would like to help us work toward completing this collection and adding other books like these to Faded Page, please consider volunteering at our companion site, Distributed Proofreaders Canada.