Mary Stokes was walking through Dead Man's Copse one evening when she saw, in the beam of a torch, the corpse of a young woman dressed in a black coat, black gloves, no hat and an eternity ring set with diamonds in her ear. But when she and Detective Sergeant Frank Abbott went back to the wood the body had vanished. This would have been mystery enough for Miss Silver to solve if a woman had not also reported that her lodger had gone out on Friday dressed in a black coat, black beret, black shoes and large hoop earrings 'set all round with little diamonds like those eternity rings.' She never came back...
This book was originally published in 1948 by J. B. Lippincott Company.
Titles by Patricia Wentworth The Alington Inheritance Anna, Where Are You? The Benevent Treasure The Brading Collection The Case of William Smith The Catherine Wheel The Chinese Shawl Eternity Ring The Gazebo The Ivory Dagger Ladies’ Bane Latter End Miss Silver Comes to Stay Miss Silver Deals with Death Poison in the Pen She Came Back The Silent Pool Through the Wall Vanishing Point. This book was originally published in 1948 by J.
Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and teacher who becomes a professional private detective, in London . The Key, She Came Back, Pilgrim's Rest, Later End, Wicked Uncle, The Case of William Smith, Eternity Ring.
Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and teacher who becomes a professional private detective, in London, England: Grey Mask (Miss Silver, The Case.
You can't go wrong with Maud Silver Observer I like Wentworth very much - she captures the mores of pre-war middle class England perfectly, and she writes rather better than Christie. They are romantic cosies, of course, but with an edge to them and an intelligence to the writing that has lasted.
This would have been mystery enough for Miss Silver to solve if a woman had not also reported that her lodger had gone out on Friday dressed in a black coat, black beret, black shoes and large hoop earrings 'set all round with little diamonds like those eternity rings.
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Patricia Wentworth is Dora Amy Elles’ pen name, she was a British crime author. She is best known for writing about Miss Maude Silver. She was born on November 10, 1877 in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. Wentworth died on January 28, 1961 when she was 82 years old. She was educated, first privately, and would later attend Blackheath High School for Girls in London. With her first husband, George F. Dillon, she had one daughter.
Wentworth Patricia When the Eternity Ring case was holding the neighbourhood in a state of horrified suspense Maggie had been able to follow the proceedings from.
Patricia Wentworth The Fingerprint Miss Silver – I FRANK ABBOTT was pleasantly occupied in forgetting that he was a Detective Inspector. Miss Silver – Chapter I. FRANK ABBOTT was pleasantly occupied in forgetting that he was a Detective Inspector. When the Eternity Ring case was holding the neighbourhood in a state of horrified suspense Maggie had been able to follow the proceedings from the first mysterious call for Mr. Grant Hathaway by a strange woman with a French accent, through two murders and Mr. Hathaway’s impending arrest, down to the final and most startling climax.
Miss Silver must contend with a vanishing corpse when murder rocks the postwar English countryside in this classic mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Det. Sgt. Frank Abbot of Scotland Yard thought he’d spend a quiet holiday at his family’s estate near the quaint village of Deeping. Instead, he got intrigue and wild tales of a man dragging a horribly murdered girl into the woods. Naturally, he calls his friend, private detective Miss Maud Silver, to take a look
Miss Silver must contend with a vanishing corpse when murder rocks the postwar English countryside in this classic mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L.