Fear by Night
The heiress to a vast fortune is targeted in this page-turning novel from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries Ann Vernon is lunching at the Luxe when she overhears two people talking about someone who must be gotten... See More
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(367 reviews)
Quick ViewThe heiress to a vast fortune is targeted in this page-turning novel from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries Ann Vernon is lunching at the Luxe when she overhears two people talking about someone who must be gotten... See More
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Quick ViewLove and deception intertwine as a man searches for a woman believed to have drowned five years earlier Seven years ago, childhood friends and distant cousins Eleanor and David Fordyce fell in love and became engaged. But... See More
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Quick ViewThree mysteries featuring governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver, who "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" (Manchester Evening News). Retired governess Maud Silver is about as... See More
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Quick ViewAn innocent English governess goes on the lam with a detective hot on her heels in this thrilling mystery by the author of the Miss Silver novels. In six months, Marion "Mally" Lee will wed the dashing Roger Mooring and... See More
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Quick ViewThe death of an American multimillionaire has a profound -- and dangerous -- effect on a young Englishwoman in this novel of romantic suspense William Ambrose Merewether altered his will just before his death, leaving his... See More
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Quick ViewThe British governess-turned-sleuth visits a small village hiding big secrets in this "timelessly charming" cozy mystery series (Charlotte MacLeod). The citizens of Melling are perfectly ordinary. Some might even consider... See More
(254 reviews)
Quick ViewThree cozy mysteries in the "timelessly charming" historical series featuring a retired English governess who finds a second calling as a detective (Charlotte MacLeod). Meet Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and... See More
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Quick ViewWhen a British industrialist is murdered on New Year's Eve, his wealthy family members are the prime suspects. Though they share a manor house, the Paradines are not close, and their patriarch does nothing to discourage the... See More
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Quick ViewAn entire family falls under suspicion when the prospect of an inheritance stirs up passions in this novel in the beloved British mystery series. An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical... See More
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Quick ViewWho killed Ross Craddock? Inspector Ernest Lamb will sift through multiple clues and suspects to find out in this golden age mystery from the author of the acclaimed Miss Silver Mysteries Lucy Craddock has lived at No. 7... See More
(237 reviews)
Quick ViewThe British governess-turned-sleuth solves three of her most intriguing cases, in this "timelessly charming" series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess and teacher Maud Silver has found a new calling: private... See More
(329 reviews)
Quick ViewA trio of World War II-era whodunits in the "ingenious [and] satisfying" mystery series featuring a British governess-turned-amateur-sleuth (The Scotsman). Meet Miss Maud Silver, a retired governess and "little old lady... See More
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Quick ViewClandestine operative Benbow Smith recruits a former Secret Service agent to bring down an enemy of the free world in this thriller from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries Lindsay Trevor, a junior partner in a... See More
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Quick ViewGoverness-turned-sleuth Miss Silver must follow a trail of poison-pen letters to save an heiress from murder. Rachel Treherne has always had a steady head on her shoulders; it's why her late father named her the sole... See More
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Quick ViewThe "marvelous" British governess-turned-sleuth helps a new bride who fears her husband intends to murder her (Daily Mail). Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of... See More
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Quick ViewA governess tries to protect a wealthy teenage orphan targeted by a killer in this mystery by the author of the Miss Silver series. "No one can take a mother's place." But Sarah Trent is determined to try. She has just... See More
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Quick ViewThe British governess-turned-sleuth continues her witty, inquisitive ways with three mysteries from the "timelessly charming" series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess Maud Silver has discovered an entirely new... See More
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Quick ViewA woman will do anything to save the man she loves -- even marry another -- in this compulsively readable tale of political intrigue set in England and Soviet Russia Ten days ago, Jim Mackenzie was arrested and sentenced... See More
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Quick ViewGoverness-turned-detective Miss Silver investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the... See More
(337 reviews)
Quick ViewIn 1929, a down-on-his-luck Londoner gets swept up in a high-stakes game of deception and mystery Carthew "Car" Fairfax has just been rejected from an advertising job when he comes face-to-face with an ex-flame. Three... See More
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Quick ViewA gardener's death sends a country house into a frenzy, and a governess-turned-sleuth digs in to the case: "Miss Silver is marvelous" (Daily Mail). Edward Random returns to Deeping a forgotten man. Although raised in the... See More
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Quick ViewThe British governess-turned-sleuth cracks the case in four puzzling mysteries from the "timelessly charming" series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess and teacher Maud Silver has a new profession: private detective... See More
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Quick ViewIn this classic British mystery starring a sleuth "who has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot," Miss Silver investigates a murder that may have its roots in a new romance -- or an... See More
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Quick ViewThe first three Miss Silver Mysteries introduce the British governess-turned-sleuth and a "timelessly charming" series (Charlotte MacLeod). From a "first-rate storyteller," here are three full-length mystery novels in one... See More
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Quick ViewA star of the London stage urgently needs Miss Silver's help: From "a first-rate storyteller" (The Daily Telegraph). Mrs. Smith is not the first woman who has come to Maud Silver, the genteel private detective, claiming... See More
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Quick ViewA lonely young nanny boards a bus and disappears -- and the "marvelous" Miss Silver must investigate (Daily Mail). Anna Ball has disappeared. For a year she has moved from one job as a nanny to another, unable to settle or... See More
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Quick ViewChloe Dane inherits a fabled ancestral estate -- and plunges into deadly danger -- in this novel of romance and suspense from the author of the acclaimed Miss Silver Mysteries The lowly assistant to a London dressmaker... See More