
The Chinese Shawl
$31.71
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1989
Summary
The Chinese Shawl: A Miss Silver Mystery
Tanis Lyle was a woman who always got her way, inspiring envy and resentment in equal measure. Her cousin Laura loathed her, and most women felt the same. Yet, men were utterly captivated, falling prey to her charms with alarming regularity.
When Tanis is found murdered, the list of potential suspects seems endless.
But Miss Silver, with her keen intellect and sharp observations, harbors her own suspicions about the truth behi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340108994 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340108991 |
| Series: | Miss Silver Series |
| Author: | Patricia Wentworth |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1989 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 177mm x 114mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
‘You can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver’
A particular favourite - Andrew Taylor
Miss Silver is marvellous - Daily Mail… some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery - Alfred Hitchcock magazineMiss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot - Manchester Evening NewsMiss Wentworth is a first rate story-teller - Daily TelegraphYou can’t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver - ObserverMiss Wentworth’s plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying - The ScotsmanPatricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything - Paula GoslingAbout The Author
Patricia Wentworth
Patricia Wentworth was born in India and after writing several romances turned her hand to crime. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries and was recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime. She died in the late Sixties.
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