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The Key

Author: Patricia Wentworth   Series: Miss Silver Series

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A classic mystery featuring retired governess and private investigator Miss Silver, set during the Second World War.

It's nearing the end of WWII, and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years. Finally he is ready to hand over the formula. But the next morning he is dead. It looks like suicide. Only Miss Silver knows it's murder.

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A classic mystery featuring retired governess and private investigator Miss Silver, set during the Second World War.

It's nearing the end of WWII, and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years. Finally he is ready to hand over the formula. But the next morning he is dead. It looks like suicide. Only Miss Silver knows it's murder.

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It's nearing the end of WWII, and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years. Finally he is ready to hand over the formula. But the next morning he is dead. It looks like suicide. Only Miss Silver knows it's murder.

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Critic Reviews

“'You can't go wrong with Miss Maud Silver'”

Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller - Daily Telegraph

Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot - Manchester Evening News

You can t go wrong with Miss Maud Silver. - Observer

Miss Silver is marvellous - Daily Mail

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

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About the Author

Patricia Wentworth was born in India and after writing several romances turned her hand to crime. She wrote dozens of bestselling mysteries before her death in the late Sixties, and was recognised as one of the mistresses of classic crime.

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It's nearing the end of WWII, and Michael Harsh has been working for the government on a secret project for years. Finally he is ready to hand over the formula. But the next morning he is dead. It looks like suicide. Only Miss Silver knows it's murder.

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder Paperback
Published
16th September 1999
Edition
2nd
Pages
352
ISBN
9780340689721

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