The Benevent Treasure
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Tilling Green was a charming little village nestling in the Ledshire countryside. Not at all the sort of place you would expect to find an anonymous letter writer. And when one of the recipients, a young woman, was found drowned in the lake belonging to the Manor House, Miss Silver was persuaded to go and investigate. Valentine Grey was marrying one Gilbert Earle, but on the night of Valentine's pre-wedding party Jason Leigh, Valentine's former love, returned after months without a word.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The first Miss Silver I ever read, and still a fav
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The Watersplash
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Edward Random returns to Deeping a forgotten man. Although raised in the village's manor house, he is no longer wealthy - the result of a quarrel with an uncle, which left him out of the old man's will. For years Edward's name has not been spoken in the town, save for wild rumors that he had gone to prison for dueling, decamped to the Orient, or simply died of mysterious circumstances. In fact he is in good health, ready to start life where he left off, money or no money.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
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The Alington Inheritance
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Jenny has never been one to feel sorry for herself. The illegitimate child of a wealthy man and a statureless woman, she has been an orphan since before she can remember. It is a hard life made bearable only by the kindness of her guardian, an old woman named Miss Garstone, who has always treated Jenny as her own. Struck down by a motorist, "Garsty" dies, whispering to Jenny that her parents were actually married, and she is the rightful heir to the Alington fortune.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wentworth comes through again.
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The Fingerprint
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The Silent Pool
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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First she felt herself being pushed downstairs. Then there was the bowl of poisoned mushroom soup. Finally the tampered-with tablet amongst her sleeping pills was the last straw. Adriana Ford, famous actress and mistress of the house decided to call in Miss Silver. And Maud Silver, with impeccable logic, pointed out that the person who was trying to kill her must be a member of her own household. And then the murders started...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite “Miss Silver” mystery but worthwhile
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The Gazebo
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Althea Graham's hypochondriac mother seldom visits the gazebo - yet she is found dead in it one morning. The Graham estate had once enjoyed a rural view, but now the grounds are part of suburban London and the gazebo is an anachronistic summerhouse. Scotland Yard becomes suspicious of Althea and her fiancé, the dashing foreign correspondent Nicholas Carey, because the death of her mother frees them to be married at last.
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- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Tilling Green was a charming little village nestling in the Ledshire countryside. Not at all the sort of place you would expect to find an anonymous letter writer. And when one of the recipients, a young woman, was found drowned in the lake belonging to the Manor House, Miss Silver was persuaded to go and investigate. Valentine Grey was marrying one Gilbert Earle, but on the night of Valentine's pre-wedding party Jason Leigh, Valentine's former love, returned after months without a word.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The first Miss Silver I ever read, and still a fav
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The Watersplash
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Edward Random returns to Deeping a forgotten man. Although raised in the village's manor house, he is no longer wealthy - the result of a quarrel with an uncle, which left him out of the old man's will. For years Edward's name has not been spoken in the town, save for wild rumors that he had gone to prison for dueling, decamped to the Orient, or simply died of mysterious circumstances. In fact he is in good health, ready to start life where he left off, money or no money.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- By Rickie on 08-03-18
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The Alington Inheritance
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Jenny has never been one to feel sorry for herself. The illegitimate child of a wealthy man and a statureless woman, she has been an orphan since before she can remember. It is a hard life made bearable only by the kindness of her guardian, an old woman named Miss Garstone, who has always treated Jenny as her own. Struck down by a motorist, "Garsty" dies, whispering to Jenny that her parents were actually married, and she is the rightful heir to the Alington fortune.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Out of the Past
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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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 old house and replaces it with a mounting tension, culminating in murder. Fortunately, Miss Silver is present to unravel the complex mystery and seek out the murderer amongst them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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From Vintage Mystery days
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The Girl in the Cellar
- Miss Silver, Book 32
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- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not this cozy author's best; maybe, worst
- By Deborah on 03-12-17
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The Ivory Dagger
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- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Bill Waring went to America with a bright future ahead of him. In London, he had a promising career and the love of a young beauty, Lila Dryden, and there were plans for marriage when he returned from overseas. But then a freak train accident puts their happiness on hold. Bill spends a month in the hospital, and when he finally makes it back to London, there is a still bigger shock awaiting him. Under pressure from a domineering aunt, Lila has become engaged to another.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite Miss Silver mystery
- By Isabel Rose on 08-08-19
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Anna, Where Are You?
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Hired to trace Anna Ball, who has vanished, Miss Maud Silver encounters an eccentric art colony, bank robberies, and counterfeiting. As with other Miss Silver mysteries, the story relies on character development. Nadia May reads clearly and distinguishes individuals well; her British voice is ideal for this genteel period thriller (1951). Agatha Christie fans will enjoy this one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Who-Done IT!
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Miss Silver Comes to Stay
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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. She comes to Melling on vacation—a long postponed visit to an old school chum—but Miss Silver’s business is murder, and her vacations never last long.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Miss Silver's Best
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Latter End
- The Miss Silver Mysteries
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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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...but if anyone ever murdered Lois Latter, it would be very embarrassing to discover just how many people might have wished her dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- By Lyssa R. on 11-10-18
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Pilgrim's Rest
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The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janette, think its 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 his son barely escapes two near-fatal accidents, they suspect it's deadly to leave. Surely Miss Silver can determine why the house hates to be empty.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A delightful, entertaining cozy
- By Gail N. on 08-01-18
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Eternity Ring
- Miss Silver, Book 14
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- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 103
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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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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ONE OF WENTWORTH'S BEST COZEYS
- By DMC on 12-12-15
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The Catherine Wheel
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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There was a certain 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 had begun with an advertisement in the paper requesting descendants of the late innkeeper, Jeremiah Taverner, to stay for a weekend at the inn. They had arrived, a mixed assortment, to the family reunion eager to discover the secrets of their ancestry. But one of them had been hideously murdered, bringing the inn's stormy past into frightening focus.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unlistenable Dud from Usually Wonderful Writer
- By Constance on 08-19-14
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The Case of William Smith
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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? When William makes the frightening discovery that there are people determined not to let his memory return whatever the cost, Miss Silver is called in to investigate.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good
- By lynda on 10-02-14
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Miss Silver Intervenes
- By: Patricia Wentworth
- Narrated by: Diana Bishop
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 136
When her fiancé, Giles Armitage, is lost at sea in the middle of the Second World War, Meade Underwood is left in the company of a middle-aged aunt with nothing but a monotonous round of bridge parties and war work to fill her days. A chance encounter restores Giles to Meade but he has lost his memory, and their rediscovered happiness is threatened by the machinations of the scheming Carola Roland, a figure from Giles' forgotten past. So when Carola is viciously murdered, Giles becomes the chief suspect....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Miss Silver always had a clue...& a solution!
- By Book Maven on 09-17-15
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The Clock Strikes Twelve
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Though they share a manor house, the Paradines are not close, and their patriarch does nothing to discourage the petty jealousies that divide wealthy families. A cold figure, James Paradine prefers work to his relations, but on New Year's Eve he convenes the household. Valuable plans have been stolen from his office, and only one person could be to blame. He knows the culprit's name and gives the thief until midnight to come forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful mystery!
- By Britfan on 11-06-16
Publisher's Summary
A young woman goes to the country to reconnect with old relatives, and stumbles on a murder only Miss Silver can solve. An orphan of the Second World War, Candida Sayle has gotten so used to life with her guardian that she never considered that she might have a family somewhere. When her guardian dies, a letter appears from an unheard-of aunt, informing Candida that it is time for her to return to the Benevent family fold. The young woman ventures to the country, and finds a strange pair of spinsters who spend their days obsessing over family lore and its rumors of a long-lost Italian treasure. Bizarre though it is, the environment comforts Candida - as do the attentions of her aunt’s handsome young secretary. But her vacation goes off the rails when death strikes the house, and the brilliant detective Maud Silver joins the party to investigate the possible murder. The Benevent family history is about to get a dark new chapter.
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- Grammy Teri
- 02-28-15
A Riveting Mystery
Anticipation of the solution to the mysteries was well satisfied as all was tied together and ended as should be.
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- Karen Lo
- 02-10-19
Great story
Loved this story and the characters, right up until the final 3 minutes. Then main characters gets all weird and squierrely and all her interesting built up character suddenly dissolves into a silly puddle of helpless goo. But up until then, it’s an engaging and satisfying story, one of my favorite Miss Silver books.
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