Patricia Wentworth

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born

November 10, 1878 in Mussorie, Uttarakhand, India

died

January 28, 1961

gender

female

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Patricia Wentworth--born Dora Amy Elles--was a British crime fiction writer.

She was educated privately and at Blackheath High School in London. After the death of her first husband, George F. Dillon, in 1906, she settled in Camberley, Surrey. She married George Oliver Turnbull in 1920 and they had one daughter.

She wrote a series of 32 classic-style whodunnits featuring Miss Silver, the first of which was published in 1928, and the last in 1961, the year of her death.

Miss Silver, a retired governess-turned private detective, is sometimes compared to Jane Marple, the elderly detective created by Agatha Christie. She works closely with Scotland Yard, especially Inspector Frank Abbott and is fond of quoting the poet Tennyson.

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Books by Patricia Wentworth

Average rating: 3.74 · 3,487 ratings · 284 reviews · 136 distinct works

	Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1928 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Miss Silver Comes to Stay (Miss Silver, #16) 3.75 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1951 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Poison in the Pen (Miss Silver, #29) 3.90 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1957 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Chinese Shawl (Miss Silver, #5) 3.78 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1943 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver, #15) 3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1951 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Clock Strikes Twelve (Miss Silver, #7) 3.70 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1944 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1937 — 8 editions	My rating:
	She Came Back (Miss Silver, #9) 3.66 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1945 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Benevent Treasure (Miss Silver, #26) 3.64 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1956 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Gazebo (Miss Silver, #27) 3.71 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1956 — 11 editions	My rating:

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Series by Patricia Wentworth

Miss Silver (32 books)
by Patricia Wentworth

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Quotes by Patricia Wentworth

“Her name is Maud Silver. Louisa says she has solved many difficult cases besides being an extremely expert knitter.”
― Patricia Wentworth, The Benevent Treasure

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“Henry, for heaven's sake! You can't propose when I'm fainting!”
― Patricia Wentworth, Miss Silver Comes to Stay

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“She was a little bit of a thing with a light untidy fluff of hair and a nose which went pink in moments of emotion. It was pink now and it quivered. She dabbed aimlessly at her hair and three of the remaining pins fell out. William stooped to pick them up, and wished he hadn't. He said he thought he would go to bed, and went.”
― Patricia Wentworth, The Case of William Smith

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