Miss Silver Series by Patricia Wentworth

3.84 · 194 ratings
  • Grey Mask (Miss Silver #1)
    #1

    Grey Mask (Miss Silver #1)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1928

    Governess-turned-detective Miss Silver investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime... more

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  • Grey Mask: A Miss Silver Mystery (Miss Silver #1)
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    Grey Mask: A Miss Silver Mystery (Miss Silver #1)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    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 turns to Miss Silver to uncover the strange truth behind Margaret's complicity, and the identity of the terrifying and mysterious individual behind the grey mask.

  • The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver #2)
    #2

    The Case Is Closed (Miss Silver #2)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1937

    The Everton murder case has long been closed. The culprit has been charged with the murder of his uncle and has served a year of his sentence already. Or has he? The evidence against Geoffrey Grey is convincing but his wife believes in his innocence. And so does her young cousin, Hilary, who decides to solve the mystery herself. But when Hilary herself is nearly murdered she turns in desperation to her ex-fiance for help... more

  • Lonesome Road (Miss Silver #3)
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    Lonesome Road (Miss Silver #3)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1939

    Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will--and decide who will inherit her late father's vast wealth...But this year, things are just a little bit different: Somebody clearly wants her to die. "You have had that money long enough," said the anonymous note. Two venomous snakes coiled in her bed, a suspicious fire and poisoned chocolates made the same point... more

  • Lonesome Road: A Miss Silver Mystery (Miss Silver #3)
    #3

    Lonesome Road: A Miss Silver Mystery (Miss Silver #3)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2011

    Every year beautiful Rachel Treherne must rewrite her will--and decide who will inherit her late father's vast wealth...But this year, things are just a little bit different:Somebody clearly wants her to die."You have had that money long enough," said the anonymous note. Two venomous snakes coiled in her bed, a suspicious fire and poisoned chocolates made the same point... more

  • In the Balance (Miss Silver #4)
    #4

    In the Balance (Miss Silver #4)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2011

    His first wife died suddenly—and his wealthy new bride may be about to meet a similar fate . . . Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into her compartment. She’s beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and wealthy—a lethal combination.In a state of shock, Lisle Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry after overhearing a sinister conversation... more

  • Latter End (Miss Silver #11)
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    Latter End (Miss Silver #11)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1947

    Things had never been quite the same at Latter End since Lois had taken over. Suddenly life seemed to be an endless succession of bitter family rows which Lois, needless to say, invariably won. More than one person at Latter End found themselves stretched to the limit by Lois and her bullying, and it was only a matter of time before somebody snapped. It was unthinkable of course.. more

  • The Case of William Smith (Miss Silver #13)
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    The Case of William Smith (Miss Silver #13)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2011

    Who was William Smith? And why was Mavis Jones so horrified to see him? For seven years William had worked as a woodcarver for the local toyshop, ignorant of his true identity. The war had robbed him of his memory, and no one expected him to ever find the answer. So when he took his work to Evesleys Ltd, why was his life instantly in danger?

  • Eternity Ring (Miss Silver #14)
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    Eternity Ring (Miss Silver #14)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2011

    Mary Stokes was walking through Dead Man's Copse one evening when she saw, in the beam of a torch, the corpse of a young woman dressed in a black coat, black gloves, no hat and an eternity ring set with diamonds in her ear. But when she and Detective Sergeant Frank Abbott went back to the wood, the body had vanished. This would have been mystery enough for Miss Silver.. more

  • The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver #15)
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    The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver #15)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2007

    There was certainly a heavy air of intrigue and mystery emanating from the old inn high on the cliff top. The Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now it looked like it was harbouring a murderer. It began with an advertisement in the paper requesting descendants of the late innkeeper, Jeremiah Taverner, to stay for a weekend at the inn. They arrived, a mixed assortment, at the family reunion eager to discover the secrets of their ancestry... more

  • Miss Silver Comes to Stay (Miss Silver #16)
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    Miss Silver Comes to Stay (Miss Silver #16)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1949

    On vacation in a tiny village, Miss Silver investigates a murder with a decades-old motive.The citizens of Melling are perfectly ordinary―exactly the sort one finds in just about every cozy English village―and to a certain person they might even appear boring. But to Miss Silver, people are always interesting. It has been some years since she gave up work as a governess to become a detective, and her interest in people has served her well... more

  • Through the Wall (Miss Silver #18)
    #18

    Through the Wall (Miss Silver #18)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2011

    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 looked forward to the day when, dead and buried, he would no longer have to concern himself with them. As a last joke, he willed his entire fortune away to a poor relation, and went to his grave a smiling man... more

  • Through the Wall (Miss Silver #19)
    #19

    Through the Wall (Miss Silver #19)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1945

    Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family. Martin Brand always had a dark sense of humor. Surrounded by relatives he despised, he looked forward to the day when, dead and buried, he would no longer have to concern himself with them. As a last joke, he willed his entire fortune to a poor relation, and went to his grave a smiling man... more

  • The Ivory Dagger (Miss Silver #19)
    #19

    The Ivory Dagger (Miss Silver #19)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1996

    When Lila Dryden is discovered standing over her fiance's body with dagger in hand, Miss Silver is called in to investigate, only to discover Lila's sleepwalking patterns, the return of her former lover, and the victim's circle of acquaintances--all of whom occasionally wished him dead. Reissue.

  • Ladies' Bane (Miss Silver #22)
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    Ladies' Bane (Miss Silver #22)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2011

    Miss Silver travels to the country to investigate a young man who may be deceiving his wifeNo one has seen Allegra Trent since she got married. Her husband swept her off her feet and out of London, to a faraway town called Bleake. She has stopped writing letters, and her family has begun to worry. Allegra’s husband is a strange man, consumed with the dream of owning a ramshackle medieval estate, and he intends to use his new wife’s money to do it... more

  • Out of the Past (Miss Silver #23)
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    Out of the Past (Miss Silver #23)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1953

    James and Carmona Hardwick are spending the summer playing host to numerous friends and relatives in an old Hardwick family residence by the sea. The arrival of Alan Field, a devastatingly handsome though shady figure from Carmona's past, destroys the holiday atmosphere in the ugly old house and replaces it with mounting tension, culminating in murder... more

  • The Benevent Treasure (Miss Silver #26)
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    The Benevent Treasure (Miss Silver #26)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2021

    Invited to live with her two great-aunts, the Misses Cara and Olivia Benevent, Candida Sayle has no home of her own and accepts. But the offer takes on an eerie quality when the aunts recall the family legacy--the Benevent Treasure that brings death to all who touch it. When Candida becomes reacquainted with local architect Stephen Eversley, he worries for her safety and calls in Miss Silver... more

  • The Girl in the Cellar (Miss Silver #32)
    #32

    The Girl in the Cellar (Miss Silver #32)

    Patricia Wentworth

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1992

    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... more

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