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1) Ladies' Bane
Author
Series
Miss Silver mysteries volume 22
Language
English
Description
Ladies Bane by Patricia Wentworth was originally published in 1952 by J. B. Lippincott Company, USA. 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 mistress would lose the thing she cared for most. And its present mistress was Allegra - Ione's sister. They had not met for two years. Appointments had...
2) Wicked Uncle
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Series
Language
English
Description
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 position she has ever had. The father, Gregory, is a charming tyrant-just the sort of man her aunt always warned her about. His wife is an overfed fool, entirely blind to the defects of her despicable son, and unsympathetic to the pain he causes his governesses....
Author
Series
Miss Silver mysteries volume 14
Language
English
Description
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 amusement. Scotland Yard inspector Frank Abbott has family there, and thinks it a charming spot for a vacation until the country quiet is broken by a cry of "Murder!" A young German woman, recently come to town, has been making vague threats about recovering something...
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