The Girl In The Cellar

A young woman regains consciousness and finds herself on some cellar steps. At the bottom of the steps there is the corpse of a dead girl. She cannot remember who she is, what has happened or why she is there. Terrified and confused she manages to find a way out and as she flees she runs into Miss Silver, who offers to help her.

A letter in her bag is the only clue to her identity. But by investigating what has happened to her will she find herself in danger? Can she trust the letter writer? And who is the girl in the cellar?

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

Praise for Patricia Wentworth: - -

Miss Wentworth is a first-rate storyteller - Daily Telegraph

Miss Wentworth's plot is ingenious, her characterization acute, her solution satisfying - Scotsman on GREY MASK

You can't go wrong with Maud Silver - Observer

...some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery - Alfred Hitchcock Magazine

Miss Silver is marvellous - Daily Mail

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 fiction.

A young woman regains consciousness and finds herself on some cellar steps. At the bottom of the steps there is the corpse of a dead girl. She cannot remember who she is, what has happened or why she is there. Terrified and confused she manages to find a way out and as she flees she runs into Miss Silver, who offers to help her. A letter in her bag is the only clue to her identity. But by investigating what has happened to her will she find herself in danger? Can she trust the letter writer? And who is the girl in the cellar?

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