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Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1)

Patricia Wentworth

Start date: March 1, 2017

Finish date: March 31, 2017

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Mar 04, 2017 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: female-gumshoe, mystery-murder-crime-20th-century

3.5★

Just love the cover!

Join Miss Silver as she unravels the mystery of the Grey Mask Gang!

This Miss Silver was very different to the Miss Silver who appeared in the other Wentworth I've read

The Clock Strikes Twelve (Miss Silver, #7) by Patricia Wentworth

In the latter,she was a replica of the better known Miss Marple. In this novel, while still an avid knitter, Miss Silver is far more enigmatic figure and does a lot of her sleuthing from home.

Since I love the torrid drama of old black & white movies I enjoyed the melodramatic romance between Margaret & ...more

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Jan 11, 2017 SewingandCaring rated it it was amazing

Shelves: detectives

Not your average detective story by a long shot, I guessed one big thing but not the three other big things that were hiding behind it. Not because of red herrings but because of the way the plot twisted. Audible narration was pitch perfect.

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