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Ladies' bane Ladies' bane Patricia Wentworth "Ladies' Bane- it was a curious name for a house. But visiting it for the first time Ione found it a curious house. Curious, and rather frightening. They said in the village that anyone who was its m… OL20888028W
Lonesome Road Lonesome Road Patricia Wentworth 288 pages ; 21 cm OL21306922W
Grey Mask Grey Mask Patricia Wentworth 328 pages ; 21 cm OL24237680W
La collection Brading La collection Brading Patricia Wentworth Pour ceux et celles qui auraient tout lu Agatha Christie, voici une série de romans policiers anglais où apparaît une bonne demoiselle qui, avec la logique précise du tricot dont elle est championne,… OL28952839W
Grey Mask Grey Mask Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver series #1 After Charles was jilted at the altar by Margaret, he discovers that she is mixed up in a vicious kidnapping plot masterminded by a sinister figure in a grey mask. Charles tu… OL3901370W
Pilgrim's Rest (Miss Silver #10) Pilgrim's Rest (Miss Silver #10) Patricia Wentworth Roger Pilgrim and his relatives turn to veteran sleuth Miss Silver to catch a killer. The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janetta, think it unwise to leave their fine ancestral home, Pilgrim's Rest… OL3901408W
Miss Silver intervenes Miss Silver intervenes Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver investigates a case of blackmail in an apartment house. Vandeleur House was great once. The home of a prominent court painter, its ballroom and parlors hosted the brightest of the Vict… OL3901466W
Ladies' bane Ladies' bane Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver travels to the country to investigate a young man who may be deceiving his wife. No one has seen Allegra Trent since she got married. Her husband swept her off her feet and out of Lond… OL3901468W
Lonesome road Lonesome road Patricia Wentworth A terrified young woman asks Miss Silver for help unmasking someone who has threatened her life. Rachel Traherne does not want to meet Maud Silver. She does not want to tell her that someone has thre… OL3901471W
The Catherine-Wheel The Catherine-Wheel Patricia Wentworth When a complicated inheritance case turns deadly, Miss Silver suspects an entire family. An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical information from descendants of a certai… OL3901473W
The Listening Eye The Listening Eye Patricia Wentworth A deaf woman learns something she shouldn’t, and she asks Miss Silver for protection. Paulina Paine was buried under her house during the Blitz. She spent twenty-four hours trapped underneath the … OL3901476W
Vanishing point Vanishing point Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver investigates a disappearance in a village near a top-secret government research facility. Jenny Maxwell is a bright young child. After an automobile accident leaves her barely able to … OL3901478W
Wicked uncle Wicked uncle Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver investigates the murder of one of Britain’s most powerful men. Dorinda Brown takes a job working for the wealthy Porlock family on a whim, and quickly finds it to be the hardest posit… OL3901479W
Pilgrim's Rest Pilgrim's Rest Patricia Wentworth The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janetta, think it unwise to leave their fine ancestral home, Pilgrim's Rest. When their brother suffers a fatal fall only days after talking about selling it, and h… OL3901482W
Eternity Ring Eternity Ring Patricia Wentworth A young woman’s violent murder shocks a quiet village, and Miss Silver comes to investigate. In Deeping, a village so tiny that its residents share a common phone line, gossip is the chief amuseme… OL3901484W
The silent pool The silent pool Patricia Wentworth An actress who fears her life is threatened comes to Miss Silver for help. Mrs. Smith is not the first woman who has come to Maud Silver, the genteel private detective, claiming that someone is tr… OL3901485W
The Watersplash (Miss Silver #21) The Watersplash (Miss Silver #21) Patricia Wentworth Two seemingly unconnected people--a gardener known to like his drink and a selfish, flirtatious nurse--are found dead in the shallow ford only a week apart. Rumor and suspicion spread quickly in the … OL3901487W
The case of William Smith The case of William Smith Patricia Wentworth An amnesiac Holocaust survivor steps into a mystery that only Miss Silver can solve. William Smith is not sure what his name is, but he doubts it’s William Smith, the name the Nazis gave him when… OL3901488W
Through the Wall Through the Wall Patricia Wentworth When trouble starts at a newly inherited estate, Miss Silver must intervene. Uncle Martin always had a dark sense of humor. Trapped for years in his manor taking care of relatives he despised, he… OL3901489W
The Alington Inheritance The Alington Inheritance Patricia Wentworth When a question of inheritance turns fatal, Miss Silver searches for the killer. Jenny has never been one to feel sorry for herself. The illegitimate child of a wealthy man and a stature less woma… OL3901493W
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