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The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver, #2)

Patricia Wentworth

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

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Feb 09, 2021 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-murder-crime-20th-century

3.5★

Although I thought this Miss Silver mystery was definitely a step up from the first one, The Grey Mask but I am giving them both the same rating. Just can't quite bump the rating upt to 4★ as I know some of the later Silver novels are much better than this.

At the start of the story we find that Geoffrey Grey is already in prison for a crime that his wife's cousin, the jaunty Hilary Carew, is convinced he didn't commit. Marion Grey is Hilary's cousin & she cuts a tragic [Bad Carol: too damn t ...more

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Apr 30, 2019 Tuesdayschild rated it really liked it · review of another edition

2019: I found this listen through a tougher challenge - the abusive, psychotic, spouse seemed worse this time. Time to use the skip forward button.

2021: As I’m au fait with the storyline, and whodunnit, Hillary and Henry’s story captured my attention totally this time through and I flat out enjoyed my repeat listen through this audiobook.
Both of those characters have character faults.... temper outbursts for one, and, an autocratic know-it-all for the other.

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