Description
For Althea Graham, suffering the whims of her malevolent invalid of a mother, the old family home is a prison. So when two strangely competitive offers for the Graham's house are made to her it suggests that house may hold some dark rewarding secret.
Then old Mrs Graham is found murdered in the gazebo . . .
No one liked old Mrs Graham but no one expected her to be murdered ... Classic crime in stunning new packaging.
About the Author
Patricia Wentworth was born in Uttarakhand, India but as a young girl moved to London to study at Blackheath High School for Girls. After writing several romances she turned her hand to crime fiction. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.
Reviews
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * The Observer *
You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. * The Observer *
Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller * Daily Telegraph *
Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot * Manchester Evening News *
Miss Silver is marvellous * Daily Mail *
...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery * Alfred Hitchcock Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780340689677
Author Patricia Wentworth
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 112mm * 32mm