{"product_id":"latter-end-9781504047920","title":"Latter End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Silver investigates an unhappy family whose brightest beauty has just been poisoned\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLois has always dreamed of being a Latter. The Latter brothers are both so attractive--nearly as handsome as their stately manor, Latter End. After she spoils her relationship with one brother, she succeeds with the other, winning his heart with her good looks and the sizeable fortune she had won in her first marriage. But even after they've wed, she never quite fits in with the family. Still, she hardly expects them to kill her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that's just what the psychic Memnon warns her of: poison. She laughs it off and so does everyone else, but then, like clockwork, she is dead. The police call it murder. The weapon? Poison, of course. It is a tantalizing case, complicated by the bitterness that infests Latter End, and only the brilliant Maud Silver, once a governess, now a detective, is up to the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller.\" --\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery.\" --\u003cem\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Wentworth (1878-1961) was one of the masters of classic English mystery writing. Born in India as Dora Amy Elles, she began writing after the death of her first husband, publishing her first novel in 1910. In the 1920s, she introduced the character who would make her famous: Miss Maud Silver, the former governess whose stout figure, fondness for Tennyson, and passion for knitting served to disguise a keen intellect. Along with Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Miss Silver is the definitive embodiment of the English style of cozy mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Mystery \u0026amp; Thri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504047920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d","brand":"Patricia Wentworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655192670364,"sku":"9781504047920","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c7ff067c-b33f-457b-bf4f-36b11ba42262.jpg?v=1603884958","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/latter-end-9781504047920","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}