The Case Is Closed - Wentworth Audio performance by Diana Bishop 3.5 stars
This is the second book in Wentworth’s Miss Silver series. Miss Silver is a retired governess turned private detective. She has been compared to Miss Marple. Wentworth has been compared to Agatha Christie; another writer in the golden age of British mysteries. Her books were popular and the series went on for years and years, but I see Miss Silver and Wentworth as being ‘B list’ in comparison to Miss Marple, Peter and Harriet Whimsy, and Albert Campion.
This was a pleasant, if predictable, mystery with lot’s of 1930’s atmosphere. I enjoyed it and will probably look for more of Miss Silver when I need an undemanding audiobook. I will say that Wentworth wrote a more believable romance than Agatha Christie. Believable, but very much of its time.
The Case Is Closed - Wentworth
Audio performance by Diana Bishop
3.5 stars
This is the second book in Wentworth’s Miss Silver series. Miss Silver is a retired governess turned private detective. She has been compared to Miss Marple. Wentworth has been compared to Agatha Christie; another writer in the golden age of British mysteries. Her books were popular and the series went on for years and years, but I see Miss Silver and Wentworth as being ‘B list’ in comparison to Miss Marple, Peter and Harriet Whimsy, and Albert Campion.
This was a pleasant, if predictable, mystery with lot’s of 1930’s atmosphere. I enjoyed it and will probably look for more of Miss Silver when I need an undemanding audiobook. I will say that Wentworth wrote a more believable romance than Agatha Christie. Believable, but very much of its time.