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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.
Plot and characterization just OK; writing good. Written in '29, it must have been easy to believe in criminal masterminds, although 'Grey Mask', while sufficiently nasty, is a mastermind wanna-be.
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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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Unsolved ☕︎ Mystery
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