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The Fingerprint (A Miss Silver Mystery)

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Frank Abbott goes to Deeping with a friend for a dance and is also intrigued by the famous Fingerprint collection at the same manor house. When the owner is murdered, a young heiress usurps the former heiress' position, the new will is found burned and the mysterious Fingerprint of a confessed but unknown killer is missing, Detective Inspector Abbott begins to sift through the clues. Fortunately his 'Revered Perceptress' decides to visit Deeping and logically and systematically begins to identify the murderer or murderess. Great Miss Silver story!

In other words a typical Miss Siver mystery. I did not enjoy this one as much though because there really was not much of a mystery. We knew almost from the beginning who killed Uncle Jonathan. But Miss Wentworth's characters are really so wonderful, and that is what is rewarding about reading these stories. She stereotypes to some extent, but the characters still seem so real. Her portrayal of young Mirrie is quite wonderful. In this book Miss Silver is called in when a young woman is accused of killing her uncle when he is found shot dead in his study. She certainly had motive, but no one believed that Georgina had it in her. Miss Silver doesn't either and it doesn't take her long to determine who did the shooting. I'm almost at the end of reading Miss Silver mysteries, and perhaps it's time. I have enjoyed it, but they get a bit repetitive after a time.