Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family.
Along with Agatha Christie\'s Miss Marple, Miss Silver is the definitive embodiment of the English style of cozy mysteries..
In the 1920s, she introduced the character who would make her famous: Miss Maud Silver, the former governess whose stout figure, fondness for Tennyson, and passion for knitting served to disguise a keen intellect.
Born in India as Dora Amy Elles, she began writing after the death of her first husband, publishing her first novel in 1910.
About the Author: Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961) was one of the masters of classic English mystery writing.
Before long someone is dead--and it will be up to Miss Maud Silver to find the killer.
But claiming the riches isn\'t so simple.
Now, she can finally be happy.
After years of toil caring for her layabout sister, Marion Brand is shocked to learn her unknown uncle has left her his estate.
As a last joke, he willed his entire fortune to a poor relation, and went to his grave a smiling man.
Surrounded by relatives he despised, he looked forward to the day when, dead and buried, he would no longer have to concern himself with them.
Martin Brand always had a dark sense of humor.
Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family
