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Miss Silver

This series follows the adventures of a sharp-witted and kind-hearted former governess who transitions into a private detective in her retirement. With a unique understanding of human nature and a reliance on logic and deduction, she tackles cases often set against the backdrop of London's high society. Her methods are subtle yet persistent, always seeking justice with grace and insight.

Miss Silver Intervenes
The Chinese Shawl
Danger Point
Lonesome Road
The Case is Closed
Grey Mask

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Grey Mask

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    One of the mistresses of classic crime Patricia Wentworth returns with the first Miss Silver mystery in stunning new packaging. schovat popis

    Grey Mask1
    3.4
  2. Where there's a will there's a motive for murder! Miss Silver solves this mystery written by one of the Queens of classic crime fiction.

    Lonesome Road3
    3.5
  3. Danger Point

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    A classic golden age mystery, and the fourth book in the hugely popular Miss Silver series.

    Danger Point4
    3.5
  4. The key

    • 190 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    Michael Harsch’s long years of work were nearly at an end. The following day he was looking forward to handing over his precious formula to the government. But next morning he was in no fit state to hand over the formula. In fact he was dead. It looked like suicide. But Miss Silver knew it was murder...

    The key8
    3.7
  5. Latter End

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    Classic Second World War crime featuring Miss Silver, the retired governess turned private eye.

    Latter End11
    3.9
  6. Spotlight

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    A classic golden age mystery, and the twelfth book in the hugely popular Miss Silver series.

    Spotlight12
    3.6
  7. Eternity Ring

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Murder on haunted ground . . . classic crime in stunning new retro package. schovat popis

    Eternity Ring14
    3.8
  8. The Brading Collection

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    Classic Miss Silver mystery from the golden age of crime: Lewis Brading knew someone wanted him dead but he didn't know who . . . until the moment of his murder.

    The Brading Collection17
    3.6
  9. Through the Wall

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Most of Marion's relations would prefer her dead, and one of them will not stop at murder . . . Classic crime in stunning new packaging.

    Through the Wall18
    3.9
  10. The Ivory Dagger

    • 242 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    When Lila Dryden is discovered standing over the dead body of her irritating fiance with a dagger in her hand, Miss Silver is called in to investigate.

    The Ivory Dagger19
    3.3
  11. 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 trying to kill her. She tells a story of attempted poisoning, a shove down a flight of stairs, and a house full of relatives who might want to push her out of the way. Miss Silver is intrigued, not least because this is not Mrs. Smith. Despite her attempt at a disguise, the detective recognizes the woman as Adriana Ford, the grand dame of the London stage. Mrs. Smith was a ruse; the attempts on her life are quite real. There is soon a body at Adriana's country estate, but it is not the actress who has been killed. Fully interested, Miss Silver travels to the house, where she learns that the actress is not the only one who tells lies.

    The Silent Pool24
    3.5
  12. Vanishing Point

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    On of the mistresses of crime, Patricia Wentworth, returns with a crime novel set in the middle of WWII

    Vanishing Point25
    3.8
  13. No one liked old Mrs Graham but no one expected her to be murdered . . . Classic crime in stunning new packaging.

    The Gazebo27
    3.9
  14. The Listening Eye

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    During a peaceful morning drive, a man is forced off the road and shot in cold blood. This is a Miss Silver mystery, from the same author as "The Case is Closed", "The Chinese Shawl", "The Clock Strikes Twelve", "The Key" and "Danger Point".

    The Listening Eye28
    3.8
  15. This is another Miss Silver mystery. Patricia Wentworth was originally a writer of historical romances and won a prize for her first novel. She wrote some 30 Miss Silver novels.

    The Fingerprint30
    3.7
  16. When 17-year-old orphan Jenny Hill discovers that she is the rightful owner of the Alington estate, she searches for the paperwork to prove it. When Jenny overhears her relatives plotting against her, she flees. It will take all of Miss Silver's wiles to cut this familial knot without getting hopelessly ensnared.

    The Alington Inheritance31
    3.5
  17. The Girl in the Cellar

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    Miss Silver helps a woman with no memory reconstruct a terrible crime. She awakes in a dark place. A young woman with a shattered memory, she knows neither who she is nor how she came to be in this abandoned house. All she possesses is a faint sense that someone is lying dead at the foot of the stairs. Horrifyingly, she is correct. In the cellar lies a young woman, her body broken, her head split, her life undone by a revolver's shell. The amnesiac flees and finally has a stroke of luck: She meets Maud Silver. A dowdy governess turned daring detective, Miss Silver sees immediately that something is wrong. She comforts the confused young woman, and coaxes out of her what little story she can tell. The memory of the body sets Miss Silver on a fantastic adventure--the last written by Patricia Wentworth, and one of the most thrilling of them all.

    The Girl in the Cellar32
    3.1