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Miss Silver Series, Fiction, Crime & mystery
A classic mystery featuring retired governess and private investigator Miss Silver, set during the Second World War.
It's nearing the end of WWII, and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years. Finally he is ready to hand over the formula. But the next morning he is dead. It looks like suicide. Only Miss Silver knows it's murder.
Praise for The Key
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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
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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