Poison in the Pen: A Miss Silver Mystery

by Patricia Wentworth

Book Overview

When a mysterious suicide follows an outbreak of poison pen letters in the quiet village of Tilling Green, Detective Inspector Frank Abbott of Scotland Yard dispatches Miss Silver to investigate.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060923024
• ISBN13: 9780060923020
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Deadly Words

Miss Silver is called to the village of Tilling Green to solve a mystery of hateful letters. One woman has already committed suicide because of them, or so it seems. The characters include a British gentleman,Colonel Repton, Scilla, his unloving young wife, Valentine, his wealthy young ward, and Mr. Barton, an antisocial bachelor with seven cats. Miss Silver, in her skillful and friendly way,investigates the village residents. Wentworth has a talent for making an ordinary English village a setting for evil deeds. Even a cup of cocoa can have sinister implications. There is a romance as in all the Miss Silver books. Valentine finds her true love,while Colonel Repton seeks a divorce. This won't keep you awake at night, but it is an enjoyable tradtional mystery.