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My first, and the first, Miss Silver book. I look forward to future ones.
A mob led by "Grey Mask" intimidates an heiress or so. Finally, one who overhears the plotting goes to Miss Silver for aid. Sheis probably a distant "cousin" of Miss Marple. Or perhaps a citified Miss Marple. Because she knows much and it is not real clear how she knows quite so much. Perhaps a bit like Miss Clipton (?) - Lord Peter Wimsey's associate with all sorts of associates.
Anyway, Miss Silver is knitting and people c ...more
A mob led by "Grey Mask" intimidates an heiress or so. Finally, one who overhears the plotting goes to Miss Silver for aid. Sheis probably a distant "cousin" of Miss Marple. Or perhaps a citified Miss Marple. Because she knows much and it is not real clear how she knows quite so much. Perhaps a bit like Miss Clipton (?) - Lord Peter Wimsey's associate with all sorts of associates.
Anyway, Miss Silver is knitting and people c ...more
Miss Silver’s first appearance in a dramatic story of sinister gangs, broken engagements missing parents, lost marriage certificates, and every possible excitement. Miss Silver does not have such a prominent role as in some of the later books, but she is here with her knitting and her Tennyson and her shrewd powers of deduction. The biggest mystery is why it was nine years after this story before Miss Silver reappeared.
First book in Patricia Wentworth's "Miss Silver" series - a governess turned detective. Published in 1928 - apparently before Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.
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I apparently read this book a few years ago. Yikes , I hardly remembered it…
I enjoyed THIS re read immensely. Yes it’s dated and we must remember the year was 1929 , full of the jazz age anachronisms that some may see as non pc . But it reminded me quite a bit of the tone of PG Wodehouse ‘s early stories and I found it fun. Plus we get to meet Miss Silver , whom I already like.
I’m planning to read all her works from this first , onwards.
I enjoyed THIS re read immensely. Yes it’s dated and we must remember the year was 1929 , full of the jazz age anachronisms that some may see as non pc . But it reminded me quite a bit of the tone of PG Wodehouse ‘s early stories and I found it fun. Plus we get to meet Miss Silver , whom I already like.
I’m planning to read all her works from this first , onwards.
Classic British Golden Age Mystery, and from an author I hadn't ever read. Enjoyed it, despite it being dated and problematic for it's misogyny. Listened to the audiobook which was well done.
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