The Case Is Closed

by Patricia Wentworth

Ebook, 2011

Library's rating

½

Library's review

Months after her cousin's husband is convicted of murdering his uncle, Hilary Carew is drawn into the closed case by a chance encounter on a train with the dead man's housekeeper, whose strange talk and actions make Hilary suspect there might be more to the murder than came out at the trial. Plus,
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she needs a distraction from having broken her engagement to Henry over a silly quarrel. It isn't long before circumstances compel her to consult with Henry about the case, and he in turn consults our Miss Silver, who helps them both find the truth about the case. Not one but two romantic subplots are tidily arranged along with the murder. Some of the bits of this series are silly and like me they definitely show their age (this one written in 1937), but they are appealing nonetheless. Miss Silver has something in common with Miss Marple, but she is much more active despite her incessant knitting. I hope at some point we find out that she's selling all her knitted items on the black market or trading them for some illicit merchandise.
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Description

Fiction. Mystery. HTML: In this classic British mystery, a revised will, a troubled upper-class marriage, and a crazed witness shake up a seemingly solved murder case. Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that her husband will never leave prison. After the horrors of a very public trial she's almost able to find relief in her resignation. But when new evidence suggests her husband may be innocent after all, she hires a professionalā??Miss Maud Silverā??to clear his name. It begins with a chance encounter on a busy train, when a friend of Marion's meets a half-mad woman who claims to know something of the Grey case. With her is a man who disappeared during the trialā??and may have information that could set Marion's husband free. But who is he, and where has he gone? To find out, demure governess-turned-detective Miss Silver must track him down before becoming a victim herself. In a series that's a delightful blend of Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie, retired schoolteacher and sleuth Miss Silver "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" (Manchester Evening News… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1937
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