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When she found the body of her beloved Uncle Jonathan, Georgina instinctively stooped to pick up the revolver, thus becoming the prime suspect. Georgina stood to inherit a large fortune when her uncle died. But her uncle had a second secret will and the beneficiary is the wide-eyed ingénue Mirrie Fields.



But there was also the puzzle of the missing fingerprint. It was the showpiece of Uncle Jonathan''s collection. He had acquired it from a self-confessed murderer, who was still at large. When the old man was shot, the print had been torn from its album. Was the missing fingerprint the clue to the murderer''s identity? Maud Silver is determined to find out.



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You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * The Observer *
Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot * Manchester Evening News *
Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying * Scotsman *

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: 16/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780340689714, 978-0340689714
      ISBN10: 0340689714

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      When she found the body of her beloved Uncle Jonathan, Georgina instinctively stooped to pick up the revolver, thus becoming the prime suspect. Georgina stood to inherit a large fortune when her uncle died. But her uncle had a second secret will and the beneficiary is the wide-eyed ingénue Mirrie Fields.



      But there was also the puzzle of the missing fingerprint. It was the showpiece of Uncle Jonathan''s collection. He had acquired it from a self-confessed murderer, who was still at large. When the old man was shot, the print had been torn from its album. Was the missing fingerprint the clue to the murderer''s identity? Maud Silver is determined to find out.



      Trade Review
      You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * The Observer *
      Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot * Manchester Evening News *
      Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
      Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying * Scotsman *

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