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A classic mystery featuring retired governess and private investigator Miss Silver, set during the Second World War.

Trade Review
Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' * Manchester Evening News *
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * Observer *
Miss Silver is marvellous * Daily Mail *
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 *

The Key

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    A Paperback / softback by Patricia Wentworth

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 16 September 1999
      ISBN-13 9780340689721
      978-0340689721
      ISBN-10 340689722
      Also in:
      Crime & Thrillers

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A classic mystery featuring retired governess and private investigator Miss Silver, set during the Second World War.

      Trade Review
      Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
      Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' * Manchester Evening News *
      You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * Observer *
      Miss Silver is marvellous * Daily Mail *
      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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