{"product_id":"miss-silver-comes-to-stay-9781504047944","title":"Miss Silver Comes to Stay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn vacation in a tiny village, Miss Silver investigates a murder with a decades-old motive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe citizens of Melling are perfectly ordinary--exactly the sort one finds in just about every cozy English village--and to a certain person they might even appear boring. But to Miss Silver, people are always interesting. It has been some years since she gave up work as a governess to become a detective, and her interest in people has served her well. She comes to Melling on vacation--a long postponed visit to an old school chum--but Miss Silver's business is murder, and her vacations never last long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe town's prodigal son has returned, wealthy and without nostalgia for the village of his birth. He intends to sell his manor house and be done with Melling forever. But Melling has not finished with him.\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\"Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything.\" --Paula Gosling, author of the Jack Stryker mystery series\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\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\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504047944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.75d","brand":"Patricia Wentworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655192604828,"sku":"9781504047944","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b471b7aa-f7ad-4d39-a6c1-f48027bd7989.jpg?v=1603884958","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/miss-silver-comes-to-stay-9781504047944","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}