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Vanishing point by patricia wentworth nook book ebook. The works of patricia wentworth 18781961 book details. Vanishing point is a delightful mystery, a real find for fans of vintage mysteries. The works of patricia wentworth 18781961 dora amy elles november 10, 1878 january 28, 1961 wrote under the pen name of patricia wentworth. Nothing much ever seemed to happen in the sleepy village of hazel green apart from the occasional teaparty, spiced with local gossip. Patricia wentworth 18781961 was one of the masters of classic english mystery writing.
Vanishing point the miss silver mysteries book 25 kindle. Wentworth wrote a series of 32 crime novels in the classic whodunit style, featuring miss maud silver, a retired. Vanishing point ebook written by patricia wentworth. Vanishing point miss silver mystery book 25 enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Shes not as good as agatha christie, rex stout, arthur conan doyle, or erle stanley gardner. Patricia wentworth was a practiced hand at writing mysteries by the time she completed vanishing point in 1953, and she takes her time before bringing her detectives onstage. The vanishing point by patricia wentworth overdrive. But its not wartime or the uneasy time between two world wars. Could her disappearance be linked to security leaks at the nearby air ministry experimental station. Buy a cheap copy of vanishing point book by patricia wentworth.
Death at deep end, 1951 the watersplash, 1951 ladies bane, 1952 out of the past, 1953 the silent pool library, 1954 vanishing point paperback, 1953 the benevent treasure library, 1953 the gazebo library or. See all books authored by patricia wentworth, including grey mask, and the case is closed, and more on. Mystery author caron allan is a big fan of wentworths work. She was a british crime writer, best known for her miss silver mysteries, though she also wrote romantic novels. The miss silver mystery series in order patricia wentworth. Patricia wentworth was born in india and after writing several romances turned her hand to crime. Miss silver is a fictional detective featured in 32 novels by british novelist patricia wentworth. Order of miss silver books miss silver is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by british author patricia wentworth.
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Miss silver and inspector abbott are patricia wentworths wellestablished duo, having appeared in 32 novels vanishing point is number 25. Buy vanishing point miss silver series 2 by wentworth, patricia isbn. The novel opens with characters familiar to most wentworth novels. This book is a member of the special collection special collection. First, she gets us thoroughly invested in the dreams and heartaches of rosamund maxwell and her younger sister jenny. Buy vanishing point by patricia wentworth from waterstones today. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading vanishing point the miss silver mysteries book. The strengths of the books lie in the portrayal of the era, and in the way many of the characters are forced to find their way through unfamiliar and.
The summerhouse, 1955 the listening eye library, 1955 poison in the pen, 1955. Born in india as dora amy elles, she began writing after the death of her first husband, publishing her first novel in 1910. Aug 23, 2011 vanishing point ebook written by patricia wentworth. Some liked that these books have aged really well, and that wentworth was pretty forward thinking considering the book was published in the late thirties. I fell in love with wentworth many years ago because of vanishing point, the first of her books that id ever read. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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Vanishing point by patricia wentworth world of books. Jan 07, 2017 readers of this blog will know that im an admirer of the crime fiction of premier english cozy mystery writer patricia wentworth 18771961. Nothing much ever seemed to happen in the sleepy village of hazel green apart from the occasional teaparty, spiced with. I always think of patricia wentworth as christie lite, though i dont mean that as an insult. Vanishing point by patricia wentworth librarything.
As such, i was pleased to have the chance to write an introduction last year to the dean street press edition of all of her mysteries without series sleuth miss silver, which had rather languished during the more than halfcentury that the miss silver. A guide to cozy mystery and other favorite books, movies, and tv. Readers of this blog will know that im an admirer of the crime fiction of premier english cozy mystery writer patricia wentworth 18771961. She was a british crime writer, best known for her miss. Danger point is the fourth novel in the miss silver series and was released in the year 1941. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death, and was recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death. Her final novel was the miss silver novel the girl in the cellar, which was published in 1961 the same year she died. Patricia wentworth wrote 32 miss maud silver whodunits, as well as another 34 books. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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Dora amy elles who wrote as patricia wentworth, was a british crime fiction writer. Vanishing point 1955 by patricia wentworth crossexaminingcrime. The vanishing point by patricia wentworth abebooks. Vanishing point by patricia wentworth 1976, hardcover. She was born in mussoorie, uttarakhand, india then the british raj, and was educated first privately, then at blackheath high school for girls in london. She also became stepmother to dillons two sons, one of whom died in the somme during world war i. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Vanishing point by patricia wentworth books hachette. A classic golden age mystery, and the fourth book in the hugely popular miss silver series. Vanishing point the miss silver mysteries book 25 kindle edition by wentworth, patricia. Use search by author, title or series to find more. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in 1961, and is recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime fiction.
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