Named the primary suspects in the death of a hypochondriac, the victim's daughter Althea and her fiance+a7 Nicholas request the help of Miss Silver, who finds elusive clues at the site of the murder. Reprint.
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'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver.' -- The Observer 'Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller' -- Daily Telegraph 'Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot' -- Manchester Evening News 'Miss Silver is marvellous' -- Daily Mail '...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery' -- Alfred Hitchcock Magazine
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About the Author
Patricia Wentworth was born in India and after writing several romances turned her hand to crime. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in the late Sixties, and was recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Miss Silver at work,
By Anna (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gazebo (Hardcover)
Althea and her fiance Nicholas sure has it rough, when they finally thought they could go ahead with their wedding plans, a murder investigation stops them cold, and only Miss Silver could track down the real murderer behind the puzzling murder.Very enjoyable, like many of the author's books. Besides the main mystery plot of the murder, the romance between Althea and Nicholas is sweet and poigant.
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Slightly dated but still good mystery,
By Joseph Yeater "Ol' Country Boy & City Wife" (Hampton, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gazebo: A Miss Silver Mystery (Paperback)
Quite a few suspects and a nasty murder--but the victim was really asking for it. You will probably guess whodunnit, but there is still a lot of fun getting there. Good essence of time and place with the characters being well drawn. A little long, but a speedy reader can handle it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A long book for Miss Silver.,
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This review is from: The Gazebo: A Miss Silver Mystery (Paperback)
Maybe I've been reading too many Miss Silver books lately, but I found this book long for the story that was being told. I also got tired of the wishy-washy women that Miss Silver comes across. Althea is lack-lustre character, and Mrs. Blount is almost too cowed to be believed. But there are other good characters in the book. The three Pimm sisters are quite wonderful (your typical English village busybodies). And there is Miss Silver and her dear friend Frank Abbot. A very tiresome woman is found dead in her summerhouse or gazebo, and it's up to Miss Silver to find out the real motive and the real killer. Kind of ho-hum actually, but some of the characters pull this book out of doldrums.
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