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- Hodder Paperbacks
- Hodder & Stoughton
Miss Silver Series, Fiction, Crime & mystery
There is a curse on the Benevents . . . classic crime in stunning new packaging
Somewhere among the dust and cobwebs of the sinister Benevent Mansion lies the legendary Benevent treasure. But a terrible death has been prophesied for whoever uncovers it.
When Candida Sayle is invited to visit her elderly maiden aunts, she dismisses such gloomy thoughts. But as Candida begins to discover the family’s dark secrets she puts herself in grave danger.
Thankfully Miss Silver has investigative skills of her own.
Praise for The Benevent Treasure
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Praise for Patricia Wentworth:
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Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller - Daily Telegraph
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Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot - Manchester Evening News
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You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. - Observer
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Miss Silver is marvellous - Daily Mail
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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
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...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery - Alfred Hitchcock Magazine
Patricia Wentworth
Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls.
After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.
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