The Silent Pool

I have enjoyed Patricia Wentworth’s “Miss Silver” series from the beginning. The first one, Grey Mask, was written in 1928. It was a refreshing experience for me – a mystery, yes, but also a great story that introduced a fascinating and unlikely heroine in the ethics and determined pursuit of justic......more

A rather unusual circumstance for me, but I found this book in the Miss Silver series to be just okay, even on the negative side of okay. A bit of a disappointment. For one thing Miss Silver doesn't even begin investigating the possible attempts on the life of her client until halfway through the bo......more

I wish (even) more people knew about Patricia Wentworth, who was born squarely into Victorian England and who produced entertaining "had she but known" mysteries. Her influence (tart old lady amateur sleuth, atmospheric settings, clever misdirections) is probably vastly underrated on so many other w......more

This book felt like a conveyor belt going by that I never quite managed to jump on. So it may be my fault and not the book's. Or it may be the American narrator reading a British mystery. Anyway...a miss.......more

Retired and, her family hopes, wealthy, actress Adriana Ford lives in country seclusion with a selection of family retainers and poor relations. But when she feels her life is being threatened, she consults Miss Silver. The death of a close friend of Adriana's brings Miss Silver to her house, where......more